Внеклассное мероприятие для 8-9 классов «Thanksgiving Day»

Автор: Гарькавец Ирина Викторовна

Организация: ГБОУ ЛНР «Кременская СШ №2»

Населенный пункт: ЛНР, г. Кременная

The solemn music is playing, Tom and Becky appear on stage.

Becky: The year has turned its circle,

The seasons come and go.

The harvest is all gathered in

And chilly north winds blow;

Orchards have shared their treasures,

The fields their yellow grain,

So open wide the doorway —

Thanksgiving comes again!

Tom: Welcome pupils, welcome teachers, welcome parents! Welcome to the most interesting British holiday. Welcome to Thanksgiving Day...

Becky: Excuse me, Tom, but... are you sure that Thanksgiving is a British holiday?

Tom: Of course, no doubt about ft.

Becky: Well... But I have always thought that Thanksgiving is celebrated only in America.

Tom: Oh, yes, of course, in America, but...

Becky: But...?

Tom: But the British people began to celebrate it.

Becky: That's right. But they celebrated it in Amer­ica.

Tom: You know, Becky, you've mixed all my thoughts.

Becky: And I think if s because you don't work hard during your History classes.

Tom: Yeah, but I always have this book with me (dem­onstrates the Book on American History).

Becky: Oh, let's open this magic book of the US history and find the answer to our question.

They open the book to the sounds of music.

Tom: Look, Becky, that's ft, “...Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday in November...”

The Pilgrims appear.

Narrator: It began in 1620. Some religious people in England began to question the beliefs of the English Church and wanted to separate from it.

Pilgrim 1: I say, gentlemen, I can't understand our king.

Pilgrim 2: You are right, Mr. Brown. Just listen. He doesn't allow worshiping in our own way.

Pilgrim 3: He denies the right to separate from the established church.

Pilgrim 4: Let's leave this country for the new land. I'm sure only there we'll find real freedom.

Pilgrim 5: Oh, my God, but we have to sail across the Atlantic Ocean then. It is so rough and deep.

Pilgrim 1: Right you are Mrs. James. It will be a dangerous voyage.

Pilgrim 4: I know, but, gentlemen, just think — we'll be free there!

Pilgrim 2: But where shall we get a ship?

Pilgrim 3: That's a good question.

Pilgrim 5: I'll try to help, gentlemen. My cousin Peter has got a wonderful ship named the Mayflower. I think he will help us, though we'll have to pay, of course.

Pilgrim 1: Then talk to him, Mrs. James.

The Pilgrims disappear to the music.

Narrator: So, they got the ship and were ready to start their voyage, though it was not easy to leave their native land forever. More than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. Some of them left their parents, friends, relatives, and even sweethearts.

A girl is singing "My Bonnie".

Narrator 2: So, in September 1620 a small ship, the Mayflower, left the British shore from the English town of Plymouth. Puritan separatists who had chosen to leave England for religious freedom were called Pilgrims. There were about one hundred of them onboard of the ship.

Conferee 1: For seven long week the Mayflower sailed through the storms of the Atlantic Ocean, many of them were tired, weak, hungry and ill. So, at last they saw the land. It was North America.

Pilgrim 1: Attention everyone! I'm not sure, but it seems to me that I see the land!

Pilgrim 2: Land? Where is the land?

Pilgrim 3: Are you sure that it is the land?

Pilgrim 4:1 can't see anything it's raining so heavily.

Captain (looking into the spyglass): Let me examine it. Yes, I am sure this is the very land we have been looking for.

Pilgrim 5. Thanks God, our voyage is over.

Captain: I need some volunteers to go ashore.

Pilgrim 2: I'll go.

Pilgrim 3: And I’m ready to go.

Captain: Thank you, friends. Go and bring us some good news. And now let’s thank God for giving us such a happy chance to reach this unknown and I hope a fruitful land.

They sing song "He's got the Whole World in his Hands".

Narrator 1: According to a popular story, the Pilgrims on the Mayflower stepped a shore on a large rock when they landed in America on December 21,1620. Historians believe, this rock was nearby when the Pilgrims landed. It has become a very famous American landmark.

Indian 1: Hiya! We've brought some unexpected news.

Chief: Say, Fast Deer!

Indian 2: We saw some strange people. They are white and weak.

Chief: White? It's impossible. What else have you no­ticed about them, Fast Deer?

Indian 1: They have made a camp. And it seems to me, they lack food.

Indian 2: Yes, some of them look very hungry and weak.

Chief: Are you sure, that they are not going to fight, Cunning Fox?

Indian 1: Yes I'm sure, Bold Eagle.

Chief: Then they need our help.

Shaman: Don't listen to them, Bold Eagle! White people are dangerous!

Indian 4: Wicked Wolf is right. They are dangerous! They are dark spirits!

Indian 5: They can't be dark spirits, they are white!

Indian 6: Do you want to say that they are white spirits?

Indian 3: Listen, the tribe of Wampanoags! The strangers are not spirits, they are human beings!

Indian 4: I think that the words of Fast Deer make sense. They are people and they are very exhausted.

Indian 5: Well, I don't think so, but... I think you may be right, Fast Deer. They really look tired.

Indian 3: May I say a couple of words, Bold Eagle?

Chief: Speak, Wise Owl.

Indian 3: I think we should send our women to bring them our vegetables and fruit.

Indian 2: And I think we must teach them how to hunt.

Chief: Your words are very clever, Wise Owl. We should help people who need our assistance.

Indians: Hiya!!!

Pilgrims appear with vegetables

Pilgrim 1: So, we set up a colony and called it "New England".

Pilgrim 2: This first year was very hard and full of danger.

Pilgrim 3: But we started to farm the land... and it worked.

Pilgrim 4: Oh, yes. We started to hunt the wild birds... and it worked.

Pilgrim 5: Our Red-skinned Brothers helped us with vegetables and fruits.

Pilgrim 6: Yes, we saw corn and liked its taste.

Pilgrim 1: We saw pumpkins and enjoyed their tastes, too.

Pilgrim 2: We tried some squash and started eating it.

Pilgrim 3: We cooked beans... and found them deli­cious.

Pilgrim 4: So, in 1621 we had our first harvest and it was rather good.

Pilgrim 5: And our governor, William Bradford, de­cided to organize a special dinner to thank God.

Governor: I proclaim a Day of Thanksgiving under the Lord, so we might rejoice after we have gathered the fruits of our labors.

Pilgrim 6: It's time to give thanks! Welcome all the members of Plymouth Colony.

Governor: Let's join our hearts in a special pray and thank Lord for the good harvest and happy year in a new country.

They sing a song of prayer. Indians appear.

Indian 1: Hiya!!! White-skinned Brothers! Thank you for inviting us. We are happy to take part in your holiday dinner.

Governor: And we would like to thank you, the Wampanoags! You helped us to survive. You taught us how to farm and hunt. You saved us, our Red-skinned brothers!

Chief: And we, the Wampanoags, would like to start the holiday with a traditional Indian Hunting Dance.

The Indians dance a Turkey Hunting Dance.

Pilgrim 6: Oh, that wild bird, which looks like a chick­en, but much bigger! Its meat is so delicious.

Pilgrim 1: Ladies and gentlemen! Let's make this bird a symbol of our holiday.

Pilgrims: Ok!!! You are right!!! Good idea!!!

They sing "What does a Chicken say on Thanksgiving Day" song.

Pilgrim 2: Let's join our hearts in the high spirit of thanks and dance together on this fruitful land.

A dance

Governor: My friends, brothers and sisters! It's time to start our prayer of Thanksgiving. You, the Great Wampanoag, start.

Chief: Oh, Great Spirit, I awake to another sun.

Grateful for gifts, bestowed, granted one by one.

Grateful for the greatest gift, the precious breath of life,

Grateful for abilities to guide my day and night.

Indian 1: As I walk my chosen path of lessons

I should learn,

Spiritual peace and happiness, rewards of life I learn.

Indian 2: Thank you for your spiritual strength,

And for my thoughts of pray;

Indian 3: Thank you for your infinite love

That guides me through the day.

Indian 4: Thank you for everything

my hands can hold-

Apples red, and melons gold,

Yellow corn both ripe and sweet,

Peas and beans so good to eat!

Indian 5: Thank you for all my eyes can see –

Lovely sunlight, field and tree,

White cloud-boats in the sea-deep sky,

Soaring bird and butterfly!

Indian 6: Thank you for all my ears can hear –

Birds' song echoing far and near,

Songs of little stream, big sea,

Cricket, bullfrog, duck and bee!

Narrator 1: For the whole three days they were giv­ing thanks for their good harvest and their happy year. Games were a part of celebrations. Men showed their skills with guns, bows and arrows. There were races, wrestling matches, singing and dancing.

Narrator 2: The following thanksgiving festivals were held whenever there was a reason to celebrate and be thank­ful. But it wasn't until 1864 after the end of the Civil War that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day for the whole nation.

Tom: You see, Becky, how interesting the history of Thanksgiving is. And I am still not sure who was right — you or me?

Becky: Well, Tom, I think we both were right. Thanks­giving Day has become a pure American holiday, but the British Pilgrims began to celebrate it.

Bradford: Thanksgiving Day proves that a man is capable to survive through all hardships with the help of Lord.

Narrator 1: And today is a day for family reunions and giving thanks for the year's blessings. For months everyone looks forward to the family dinner, which is usually big and festive.

A song "Over the river and through the woods"

Опубликовано: 02.11.2024