Trial 3.

Reading

Each group get a reading worksheet. They have to answer the questions in 5 minutes.
The questions are not so difficult, it is knowledge acquisition.

The Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan
festival of Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her
earthly symbol, the rabbit.
The Germans brought the symbol of the Easter rabbit to America. It was widely ignored
by other Christians until shortly after the Civil War. In fact, Easter itself was not widely
celebrated in America until after that time.

The Easter Egg

As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian
holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries
old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians. From the earliest times, the egg was a
symbol of rebirth in most cultures. Eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a
peasant, coloured brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers.
Today, children hunt coloured eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the
modern version of real Easter eggs -- those made of plastic or chocolate candy.

Answer the questions!

1. What does the rabbit symbolize?......................................................................

2. Where does the name Easter come from?..................................................
3. Who did the Easter rabbit bring to America?...................................................
4. What does the egg symbolize?.........................................................................
5. How were the eggs decorate?...........................................................................
6. What is the Easter tradition today?..................................................................
Trial 4.
Words

Write the words – HAPPY EASTER - to the whiteboard. Groups have to create words with
these letters in 5 minutes.

Trial 5.
Spoon race

Groups need one spoon and one real uncooked egg. It is like a relay race. One student is
running a circle in the classroom and he/she hands over the spoon to the next person in the
group and so on. Who will be the fastest? Who will drop the egg to the floor? 

Trial 6.
Egg face

Groups have to draw a big „empty” egg on a paper and they have to decorate it together
with their own elements. They show them and describe their own egg face.  They love it.

Trial 7.
Easter Quiz

Each group get a quiz and they do it together.

Answer key: 1-b / 2-a / 3-c / 4-b / 5-a / 6-b / 7-a / b-a
 Easter Quiz

1. When is Easter?

a.) The fourth Sunday in April

b.) A Sunday between March 22 and April 25
c.) The Sunday after Daylight Savings Time

2. Easter is named after Eastre who is...

a.) the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring

b.) the Easter Lily
c.) the Anglo-Saxon goddess of eggs

3. Long ago, the Easter Bunny was called a...

a.) Spring Chick

b.) Easter Rabbit
c.) Easter Hare

4. Hares and rabbits are a symbol of...

a.) Easter baskets

b.) Fertility
c.) coloured eggs

5. Why did Easter egg hunts begin?

a.) Because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass.
b.) To give children something to do while dinner is prepared
c.) Because a farmer spilled his basket of eggs in the grass.

6. How long is Lent is western churches?

a.) 21 days
b.) 40 days
c.) 30 days

7. What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?

a.) People put ash on their foreheads

b.) Fires are lit all over the world to celebrate Jesus' time in the Wilderness
c.) Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter

8. Lent is the time of ....

a.) Abstinence (of giving things up)

b.)   Celebration
c.) Feasting