Happy Thanksgiving!
Оборудование: плакаты-поздравления “Happy Thanksgiving”, праздничный плакат-проект, выполненный учащимися 11 класса; рисунки с изображением тыквы и кукурузы; макет блюда с индейкой; мини-проекты учащихся; картинка с изображением корабля “Mayflower”; одежда индейцев (головные уборы, украшенные цветными перьями, воротники-накидки из цветной ткани); женский пуританский костюм распорядителя праздника; две куклы (одна из них одета в женскую пуританскую одежду, вторая в мужскую; два кабачка, две тыквы; шесть видов тыквенного пирога, испеченных по разным американским рецептам; попкорн.
Narrator: Hello, our guests! You are welcome to our celebration. We are going to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Все участники праздника поют песню “Happy Thanksgiving to All”.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
by Steve Millang
Happy Thanksgiving,
Happy Thanksgiving,
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
It’s time to show what we’re thankful for,
Our mothers, our fathers, our friends and much more.
The toys that we have
The things we hold dear to our hearts,
They’re part of this wonderful world,
The wonderful world that we share.
Let’s show that we care.
The table is set as we gather round,
With family and friends we all sit down
To the feast that we’ve made
Let’s all lift our voices and say,
“We’re part of this wonderful world,
The wonderful world that we share.
Let’s show that we care.”
Pupil 1: In the year 1620, a ship named the Mayflower brought 102 English men, women and children to the rocky coast of what is now Massachusetts, one of the 50 states of the United States of America. The ship’s passengers were Puritans – members of a religious sect which was unpopular in Britain because its members wanted to reform the Church of England. They came to America to found a community where they could practice their religion without interference.
Pupil 2: It was late in the year when the Pilgrims landed and founded the colony they called Plymouth. They had only the belongings that they had brought on the small ship. The winter was cold, and about half of the Pilgrims died. In the spring, with advice and help from the Indians, with whom they lived in peace, the Pilgrims planted corn (known also as maize) and other crops and prepared as well as they could for the next winter.
Pupil 3: In October 1621, to celebrate the good harvest, the Pilgrims held a feast which featured, among many other foods, wild turkey, which is native to North America. They called this their day of thanksgiving, held to thank their God for his blessings.
Pupil 4: The story of that Pilgrim feast is well-known among Americans. It is told and retold every year to young children in schools as one of the major American holidays approaches. The holiday is called Thanksgiving Day and is now observed on the fourth Thursday of November.
Pupil 5: Other nations have days of thanksgiving, too, but Thanksgiving Day has a special significance for Americans because it is traced back to that group of people who were among the first to come to the New World in search of freedom.
Pupil 6: Today, families – often including grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins and grown children who live away from home – gather together, usually in a home but sometimes in a restaurant, for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. This almost always includes some of the foods served at the first Thanksgiving, roast turkey and cranberry sauce, plus sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.
Все участники поют песню “Over the River and Through the Wood.”
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOOD
Over the river and through the wood
To Grandmother’s house we go.
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
Through white and drifted snow,
Over the river and through the woods,
Oh, how the wind does blow,
It stings the toes and bites the nose
As over the ground we go.
Everybody now:
Over the river and through the woods
To Grandmother’s house we go.
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
Through white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the woods,
Oh, how the wind does blow.
It stings the toes and bites the nose
As over the ground we go.
Over the river and through the woods
And through the barnyard gate.
We seem to go extremely slow.
It is so hard to wait.
Over the river and through the woods.
Now Grandmother’s cap I spy.
Hooray for the fun is the pudding done?
Hurray for the pumpkin pie.
Звучит мелодия английской песенки “One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians”, и все присутствующие в зале слышат характерные индейские крики. Это приближаются “индейцы”. Индейцы вбегают в зал. У одного из них в руках большой поднос с попкорном.
Indians: Hello!
Narrator: Hello, glad to see you, our friends. You helped us survive. Last winter was very hard and half of us died from diseases and hunger. You gave us some food and taught us how to live happily in this country. Thank you very much to you. You are welcome to our great feast.
Один из “индейцев” ставит поднос на стол.
Indian: Help yourselves! It is popcorn. It is very delicious.
Narrator: Thank you very much.
Все “переселенцы” поют песенку-молитву под аккомпанемент пианино.
For health and strength and daily food
We praise thy name, O Lord.
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