CULTURE

Holidays & Festivals Around the World

http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/holidays/festivals_menu.html

Facts and information about Britain

http://projectbritain.com/ http://www.learnenglish.de/britishculture.htm

A) Halloween (31st October)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween (General information) http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home& mini_id=1076 (Mis informacin e vdeos) http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/27oct_halloween.htm? list120203 (You can listen and read to this info: Halloween is a big night for astronomers)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/halloween.html (A Quiz for you to check your knowledge) http://a4esl.org/q/j/dt/mc-halloween2.html (Another Quiz. This time about idioms. Advanced)

B) Thanksgiving Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29 Informacin xeral sobre esta festividade. Incle unha lista de enlace a outros lugares de interese. Nivel intermedio-avanzado

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ Mis informacin sobre esta festividade. Ten arquivos sonoros http://iteslj.org/cw/1/af-thanks.html (Encrucillado de nivel intermedio) http://a4esl.org/q/j/vm/m-thanksgiving.html (Exercicio de Cloze. Nivel avanzado) http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/af-sw-thanks.html

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(letras revoltas- Hai que ordenar as letras para saber os alimentos tpicos desta celebracin)

http://encarta.msn.com/quiz_289/pilgrims_quiz.html?GT1=105 84 (Yet another quiz)

C) And so, This is Christmas

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/ (Christmas in England. Browse this site which contains lots of information about carols, traditions and much more!)

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/drag_n_drop_games/christmas-jokes/christmas-jokes.html

(A drag-and-drop exercise to complete Christmas jokes)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/feature/christmas/ (Video Nation contributors share their thoughts and experiences of the festive season.)

http://www.north-pole.co.uk/christmas_features/around_world.htm

(Christmas traditions around the world)

http://www.carols.org.uk/index.htm (Popular Christmas carols)

D) Carnival

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival (General information on the subject) http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/carnival/ (A cultural carnival quiz) http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/carnival.html (yet another quiz, this time to check your grammar and vocabulary on the subject) http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/features/events/carnival/ (Images of Notting Hill Carnival)

E) Saint Patrick's Day (17th March)

http://www.history.com/minisites/stpatricksday/ (Lots of interesting information on this holiday, plus videos, quizzes, etc)
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/patrick.htm#interg

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(Interactive exercises, webquests, videos...)

F) April Fool's Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day (Comprehensive information and lots of famous hoaxes and pranks) http://beewebhead.net/exos/april.html (A text and a quiz) http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ (The top 100 April Fool's hoaxes of all times)

G) Whitsun (or Pentecost)

http://www.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/customs/whitsun.html http://www.geocities.com/traditions_uk/whit.html

H) Education (Thorough information on several

English speaking world)

education systems in the

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

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