1. Welcome to our class
西安市田家炳中学
李亚俊

2. Unit 14 Reading The Birth of A Festival

3. Festivals

4. Kwanzaa
(宽扎节）

5. Who
African Americans
When
The week following Christmas Day.
How long
Seven days.
(Dec.26---Jan.1)
Why
To celebrate the culture and history of African American.
How

6. How? Light a candle seven principles Gather meal
1.______ ____ _________ each day.
2.Discuss one of the ________ _________ of Kwanzaa.
3.___________ to enjoy a large _________ and to celebrate the new year.
seven principles
Gather
meal

7. I. Light a candle each day
Represent seven days of the festival and seven principles
Black:
Red:
Green:
the black people
their struggle
the future and hope that
comes from their struggle.
The candle holder:
Symbol of their roots
----continental Africans

8. The seven principles II. Discuss one of the principles each day
Self-determination
Unity
Working together
Living together
Creativity
Faith
Purpose
The seven principles

9. What’s the meaning of celebrating festivals?
Thinking :
What’s the meaning of celebrating festivals?
All the festivals help us understand who we are, remember where we come from, and share our hopes for a happy future.
Festivals help us understand our history and culture.

10. Read through the test again and decide which of them have been mentioned in the text?
1 ( ) The origin of Kwanzaa.
2 ( ) The purpose of celebrating Kwanzaa.
3 ( ) The characteristics of the African first fruit festivals.
4 ( ) The commercial activities on Kwanzaa.
5 ( ) The contents of the seven principles.
6 ( ) The safety measures to celebrate Kwanzaa.
7 ( ) The differences between the Chinese
Spring Festival and Kwanzaa.

11. True or False Statements
( ) 1. Kwanzaa is a very old festival.
( ) 2. The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili.
( ) 3. Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals.
( ) 4. People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture.
( ) Kwanzaa is celebrated on Christmas Day.
( ) 6. People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principles. F
new T T F
African-American F
after T

12. Tell the little girl something about Kwanzaa with the help of the following questions:
1.Who created Kwanzaa? In which year?
2. Why did people create Kwanzaa?
3. When is Kwanzaa celebrated?
4.Why did people decide the dates one day after the Christmas?
5.How do African Americans celebrate Kwanzaa?

13. May the joy of festivals light up your world!

14. Homework:
1.write a passage about Kwanzaa (字数150左右）and
try to retell without books. (I want to know your
ability to summarize )
2.背诵seven principles.
3.创新（１）（２）

15. Revision symbol ancestor religious honor lunar celebration paraded
1.In math,X is the __________ for an unknown quantity.
2.An ___________ is someone who is related to you and who
lived a long time ago.
3.He believes in God,so we can say he has __________belief.
4.To________someone means to treat them with special attention
and respect.
5.The Chinese Valentines’s Day falls on the seventh day of the
seventh ________ month.(阴历月）
6.All night long the ____________(庆祝)of victory went on.
7.The strikers(罢工者) __________ through the city center.(游行)
ancestor
religious
honor
lunar
celebration
paraded

16. He was born in the year of rooster.
1.他鸡年出生.
2.这首诗的主题是爱和和平.
3.狮子是勇武的象征.
He was born in the year of rooster.
The theme of the poem is love and peace.
The lion is the symbol of courage.
Halloween
4.The most popular activity on___________ is
“Trick or Treat”.
float
5. People in Japan __________ paper lanterns
on Obon.
Mexico
6.The Day of the Dead is a traditional festival in_______
to honor the dead. People ______candles at a tomb and
send sugar _________ to each other as gifts.
light
skeletons

17. fast Easter egg Easter Bunny dressing up parades
7.During Ramadan, people __________ during the day.
fast
8.The two main popular symbols of Easter are the
______________ and the _______________.
Easter egg
Easter Bunny
9.People celebrate Mardi Gras by _____________
in costumes and watching ___________.
dressing up
parades
dress up 穿上正装,打扮
be dressed in “穿．．”
这次吃饭你不必穿正式的服装．
我只是喜欢穿古装的那种情趣．
那位小女孩打扮成一个天使．
You don’t need to dress up for this dinner.
I just love the fun of dressing up in ancient clothing.
The little girl dressed herself up as an angel.
她总是穿白色的服装．
She is always dressed in white.