Halloween History

By: Shiloh, Skylar, and Zanab

What is Halloween

• A very special holiday for children. • Children dress –up and collect treats.• Celebrated on October 31.

How Halloween began.

• At the end of summer, people were scared because they didn’t understand the changing of seasons.

• They thought ghost and monsters were stronger.• They built a bond fire to scare away the monsters and

they dressed up.• When Christianity came, they had a day to celebrate

those who had died called All Hallows Day . • The day before All Hallows Day was called Halloween.

Halloween Symbols

• Pumpkins, people in masks and costumes, trick-or-treating, witches, vampires, ghosts,and zombies

How is Halloween celebrated in other countries?

• England -ghost, goblins, witches• U.S. – celebrated children wear costumes and

go trick-or-treating.

Source

• ‘’Halloween’’, Childcraft, vol. 9, p. 284.