The Halloween Haunt

by Mr. Ellison

Click on the links to answer questions about Halloween. The links are underlined. Write your answers on a sheet of paper. We will type them in MS Word later.

1. The ancient Celts celebrated a day call Samhain. Explain why they chose that day and what day of the year did Samhain occur?

2. In modern times, why do people wear mask on Halloween?

3. Read the myth of Jack Stingy. Who did Jack trick? Why did he wander the woods with a lantern?

4. How much did the largest pumpkin weigh? Who grew it and where did it live?

5. What is the name of the holiday that Latin American countries celebrate that is comparable to Halloween?

6. How many people trick or treated in 2005? It’s an estimate.

7. How many pounds of candy did the average American eat in 2005? It’s estimated it mostly occurred during Halloween.

Watch This!

View the creepy video clip titled: Haunted History (Barnsley Gardens)

By the way, Barnsley Gardens is a 15 minute drive from our school. Scary!

Print This!

Print your own Jack O’Lantern cut-out sheet for Halloween.

Write This!

Write your own scary story. To help you out…I’ll start off your first sentence. Finish the story and it should be at least 3 paragraphs. Here it goes:

Slowly I walked down the jagged, broken brick sidewalk that led to the decaying door bolted to the creepy house at the end of my street. I reached for rusty round doorknob to give it a turn when suddenly….