Task
1: Which
Christmas carols do you know? (German, English, …?)
What are your favourite Christmas carols? What are they
about?
Internet-Research:
OK!
Let's find out about Christmas carols in English speaking
countries.
Task
2: Where do Christmas carols come from?
Where does the word carol come from?
You
can find this information in:
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Are
there any other interesting facts about carols on this website
you would like to present in the end?
Who
created the website? (Webmaster?)
Task
3: Here are some favourite English Christmas carols
and songs.
-Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer
-Santa Claus is coming to town
-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
-Frosty the Snowman
-The Babe of Bethlehem
-I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
-We wish you a Merry Christmas
You
can find their lyrics on the following website:
www.santas.net
What
are the songs about?
Who
wrote the songs and how old are they?
This
website might be of some help:
http://a2g.safeshopper.com/5/cat5.htm?369
Can
you put them into two groups? (Age?, Topic?)
Task
4: Can you find the melodies of the songs above?
On these websites are Midi- Clips:
www.christmas-wonderland.net
www.the-north-pole.com
Presentation:
Task
5:
Choose two or three songs you would like to present to the
other groups.
They
need to know:
- general information about carols
- title, topic, author, age of your carols
- lyrics and important words
- melody
Take
notes about things you would like to say.
Decide who presents what and when.
Involve your spectators! (Quiz, Game, …)
Give the other pupils the chance to read the lyrics of the
songs you play.
