Summer Solstice Celebrations - Summer Festivals Bundle

This lesson is part of the Summer Festivals Bundle – a set of five engaging lessons designed to help students talk about various festivals, explore cultural traditions, and discuss how people celebrate and entertain themselves during these events. Throughout the bundle, learners will also practise useful functional language for giving advice, debating, expressing opinions, and discussing pros and cons.

Short Overview of the Lesson:

• Find the pictures that represent Summer Solstice festivals.
• Watch two videos about how the Summer Solstice is celebrated.
• Sort the Summer Solstice facts into the correct country.
• Read three short texts about how Sweden, Norway, and Denmark celebrate the Summer Solstice, and complete the following tasks.
• Take part in a role-play to represent one of the countries.
• Take a fun and fast-paced quiz to see how much you remember from the lesson.
• Agree or disagree with statements related to Midsummer.
• Share facts about your own country’s celebration.
• Play an engaging Genially game to explore more about the Summer Solstice.