What is mardi gras?

Mardi Gras is French for ‘Fat Tuesday’

It marks the end of the period of Carnival and the beginning of Lent

What is Lent?

• Celebrated by Christians and Catholics

• 6 weeks leading up to Easter

• Penance, repentance, self-denial

• Devotional commemoration of crucifixion

What is Carnival?

• Festive season leading up to Lent

• Overturning of daily life

• Parades, parties, masquerades

• Celebrated world-wide

• Feast before the fast

Carnival is the gigantic party before everyone fasts and repents, and

is the grand finale.

And people. go. nuts.

Some important elements of

Mardi Gras are…

Purple

Green

Gold

To learn more about Mardi Gras, you will each research

one of these topics

You will write 5 sentences about your topic and present

it to the class

DO NOT

COPY AND PASTE

The point of this activity is for you to learn about your topic. Not to copy from Wikipedia.

Have Fun!