ICT 4 ELT Portals

Festivals for ELT

Compiled and annotated by
Neil Kisby.

A Portal of Festivals in English Speaking Countries.

• Guy Fawkes – Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

  Online encyclopedia covers the history of the Gunpowder Plot, with explanations of the words and terms used. Loads of links.

• Halloween – Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

  All you need to know about Halloween – history to present day. Loads of links.

• St Valentines.net

  http://www.stvalentines.net/

  All you ever wanted to know about St. Valentines' Day plus jokes, poetry, songs, recipes and a love advisor.

• Christmas Traditions Around the World

  http://www.santas.net/englishchristmas.htm

  Christmas in England and more – recipes, songs…

• The Traditions of Easter

  http://www.wilstar.com/holidays/easter.htm

  Easter traditions around the world.

• Veterans Day

  http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

  US Veterans Day – November 11.

• Thanksgiving

  http://www.patriotism.org/thanksgiving/

  A concise history of Thanksgiving Day.

• Independence Day

  http://wilstar.com/holidays/july4.htm

  Loads of info on July 4 Independence Day plus games, music and watch a firework display.

• US Memorial Day

  http://www.patriotism.org/memorial_day/

• US Presidents' Day

  http://www.patriotism.org/presidents_day/

  US Presidents' Day with links to Washington and Lincoln.

• Harvest Festivals

  http://www.harvestfestivals.net/

  Harvest festivals from around the world, Thanksgiving, games, jokes, quotes, movies, songs and lots more.