Whether you want to use these Halloween crafts and activities just for fun, or if you have lesson plans around Halloween, Storyboard That can scare up some fun!
Storyboard That is great for teaching older or more advanced ENL students more complicated topics. Recently, I created some storyboards to help me educate students about the differences between facts and opinions and how to state them in English.
Create an infographic to display fun facts about Halloween, classroom polls, and more!
Storyboard Text
Halloween dates back 2000 years to the Celtic festival of Samhain or "summer's end". 53% of U.S. consumers decorated their homes in 2020. Hocus Pocus is ranked by IMDB as the number one Halloween movie of all time! In medieval Ireland children went door-to door performing songs or poems or "tricks" in exchange for "treats". Pumpkin carving comes from the Irish legend of Stingy Jack who tricked the devil and wandered the globe carrying a lantern - "Jack of the Lantern". Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the U.S. after Christmas.
People in the U.S. who celebrated Halloween in 2020.
Halloween Fun Facts!
148 Million
Percentage of Americans who carved pumpkins in 2020.
46%
U.S. consumers spent on decorations, candy and costumes in 2020.
$8Billion
Number 1 Adult Costume: Witch Number 1 Pet Costume: Pumpkin
3.1 Million Princesses 2.4 Million Superheroes 2 Million Spider-Mans 1.4 Million Batmans