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International Workers’ Day: Women In The Development Of The Labour Movement

International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists, communists and anarchists and occurs every year on May Day, 1 May, an European spring holiday since the late 19th and…

Christmas History Facts: How Much Don’t You Know?

Watch and answer the following questions about Christmas. When did Christians not celebrate Christmas? When did 25th December become the official celebration date of Christmas? How would anyone celebrating Christmas be punished in Massachusetts, USA around 1644? Why? How did modern Christmas customs begin? How is gift giving related to…

8 March, International Women’s Day

Read about some famous women inventors. Play a matching game on famous women.

Historic Or Historical?

A few times these past days I was asked about the difference between the words “historic” and “historical”. Although these adjectives are close in meaning, their usage is different. In a few words, every past event is historical, but what stands out is historic: “historic” very important, very influential in…

From Ancient Greek Theatre and Drama to ESL/EFL Classroom: Kick Off with These Resources

Fully into summer holidays and ancient Greek drama festivals are being held around the country. Watching at least one ancient Greek drama performance has always been in my summer holidays agenda as a natural part of it, since my hometown is close to an ancient Greek theatre with a long…

May Day in Australia – An Article from the 80’s

Click here to go to a news.google.com/newspapers page. Scroll to the middle of the page to find the article titled «May Day» which was published in The Age, 1 May, 1981. You can decrease or enlarge the page by clicking on the magnifying button. Read the article and do the following tasks: A) Match…

May Day,A Double Celebration-Reads,Interactives,Quizes

May Day is an old festival going back in ancient times, when the time of fertility and the start of summer were celebrated. The name of this month is believed to have come from Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth, who was in turn named after the Greek word…

Merry Halloween Activities

Halloween is celebrated on 31 October every year. Do you know why? Check the following video. “Trick or Treat” in the following websites to get in the mood with legends, history, games, recipes and more: Read more

Identify the World War II Leader

How much do you know about the World War II Leaders? Do this quiz to find out.

Anniversary of the “No”-A Message from Greece

moving to the front Ohi Day (also spelled Ochi Day, Greek: Επέτειος του «’Οχι» Epeteios tou “‘Ohi”, Anniversary of the “No”) commemorates 28 October 1940. That day, Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas (in power from August 4, 1936, until January 29, 1941) used that single word (if not the actual word, this was the message of…

This is Greece-An article from the 40s

Click here to go to a news.google.com/newspapers page. Scroll down page 2 to find the article titled “This is Greece” which was published in The Bladen Journal, 14 November, 1940. You can enlarge the page by clicking on the magnifying button. Read the article and do the following tasks: Read more

A Taste of American and British Poetry

“How Do I Love Thee?”, Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the…

syrupy
Definition:	Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
Synonyms:	saccharine, treacly