Unit141 How does your family celebrate the Spring Festival?2Why do we celebrate the Spring Festival and other festivals?3Do festivals help us understand our history and culture?4What kinds of gifts and things do people buy during major festivals like Christmas and the Spring Festival?SpringFestivalSpringFestivalRead the following sentences and decide if they are true or false after reading the passage.1 ( )Kwanzaa is a very old festival.2 ( )The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili.3 ( )Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals.4 ( )People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture.5 ( )Kwanzaa is celebrated on Christmas Day.6 ( )People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principle.FTTFFTyoung(It began in 1966)African-American True or false statements:( )7.Kwanzaa is a festival with a long his- tory, celebrating the history and culture of Asian Americans. ( )8.The seven principles of Kwanzaa are: unity, self-determination,living together hardworking, purpose, loving others and faith.( )9.People celebrate Kwanzaa from Dec 25 to Dec 31, lighting candles and dis- cussing the seven principles every day.( )10.Each time we celebrate a festival it hardly changes and in that way we keep our culture alive.FshortAfricanFworking together creativity F26Jan 1 a candleone of the 7 Fchanges a little THE BIRTH OF A FESTIVALabout how the festival was created and how, why and when it is celebrated what why when HowKwanzaa---- first fruit; a seven-day festivalCelebrate the culture and history of African Americans. the week following Christmas Day (12.26-1.1) , in 1966 get together to greet the new year and think about the past by lighting a candle each day and discussing one of the 7 princ...
