HALLOWEEN
STUDY GUIDE
HALLOWEEN
STUDY GUIDE
STUDY PACK CONTENTS:
WORKSHEET 1: STUDY GUIDE
WORKSHEET 2: FILL IN THE BLANKS
WORKSHEET 3: FILL IN THE BLANKS
ANSWERS
WORKSHEET 4: WORD SEARCH
WORKSHEET 5: SCARY HALLOWEEN
DINNER
WORKSHEET 6: SPOOKY STORY
WORKSHEET 7: PICTURE ASSOCIATION
Halloween
Study Guide
Halloween, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or
All Saints' Eve, is a yearly celebration in many countries
dedicated to remembering the dead. Today, it is a much more
festive celebration and a lot of fun for parents and kids alike.
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Halloween began in Ireland’s Celtic culture. November 1, was New Year according to the
Druid’s religious calendar. The celebration actually began the night before on October
31st. On this night all the spirits who had died in the prior year, would roam the earth on
this night. The Celtic people began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being
recognized as human.
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This was considered an evil night when spirits roamed the streets and villages. Lord
Samhain, the lord of Darkness, would arrive in search of the spirits to take them to the
underworld.
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Today, Halloween is more festive for a lot of people. It is celebrated with costumes,
decorations, trick-or-treating, and parties.
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Halloween was commonly referred to as “All Hollows” Eve. It originated from the pagan
holiday honoring the dead. The Roman Catholic Church created All Saints Day (also
called Hallomas) on November 1st to honor Saints and All Souls Day on November 2nd
to honor and pray for the souls of the dead. These holidays were created by the church,
in part to downplay the pagan holiday of Halloween.
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Orange and black are the main Halloween colors because orange is associated with the
Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
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Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out
turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the holiday.
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Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would
celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
Halloween
Study Guide
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Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with
Snickers #1.
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Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the
first.
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Black cats were once believed to be witch’s familiars who protected their powers.
Fill In The Blanks
Using the study guide provided. Can you fill in the missing
words for the questions below? All the answers can be found
in the guide provided. Good luck!
1: Halloween began in Ireland’s _ _ _ _ _ _ culture. November 1,
was New Year according to the Druid’s religious calendar.
2: The celebration actually began the night before on October 31st.
On this night all the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ who had died in the prior year,
would roam the earth.
3: Traditionally Lord Samhain, the lord of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, would
arrive in search of the spirits to take them to the underworld.
4: Today, Halloween is more festive for a lot of people. It is
celebrated with costumes, decorations, _ _ _ _ _-or-treating, and
parties.
5: Halloween was commonly referred to as “All _ _ _ _ _ _ _” Eve. It
originated from the pagan holiday honoring the dead.
6: Orange and black are the main Halloween colors because
orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated
with darkness and _ _ _ _ _.
7: Jack o’ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ originated in Ireland where people placed
candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on
the holiday.
8: Black _ _ _ _ were once believed to be witch’s familiars who
protected their powers.
Fill In The Blanks
Answers
1: CELTIC
2: SPIRITS
3: DARKNESS
4: TRICK
5: HOLLOWS
6: DEATH
7: LANTERNS
8: CATS
WORD SEARCH
The below word search contains 10 common words associated with
Halloween. Can you find all 10?
1: GHOSTS 2: PUMPKIN 3: CATS 4: CANDY
5: BATS 6: TRICK 7: TREAT
8: HALLOWEEN 9: LANTERNS 10: SCARY
Scary Halloween
Dinner
You are the chef at a Halloween dinner. Use the space below to create
a spooky menu of foods you would serve to your guests. Remember
this is your Halloween dinner so be as creative as possible. You can
include anything you want! Eyeball soup, scary pumpkin pie.
Anything!
Scary Halloween
Dinner
Halloween spooky
story
Halloween is known to be one of the spookiest times of the year. In
history it was considered an evil night when spirits roamed the streets
and villages. This task requires you be creative and write a story about
a spooky Halloween event. You can use other stories you have read
for inspiration. The exercise is set to extend your thoughts and think
about all the scary things you have learnt about Halloween and how
you can apply this to your own spooky story. Be creative as possible
and try and scare the reader of the story!
Halloween spooky
story
Halloween picture
association
A number of items and people are associated with Halloween. Can you
name the images below? Try not to be too scared when naming the
spoooooky pictures!
Halloween picture
association