Then vs Now: Ukrainian Winter Traditions

Short overview of the lesson:

• Warm up with an ABC winter vocabulary challenge (Christmas, New Year, winter mood).
• Analyse pictures to explore how Ukrainians celebrate winter holidays today.
• Identify connections between images and Ukrainian winter traditions.
• Read about Ukrainian winter holidays and match paragraphs with headings.
• Compare then / now / returning traditions using a sorting task.
• Develop argumentation with the “Yes, but…” discussion task.
• Evaluate traditions through a Keep / Commit / Drop activity.
• Explore Shchedryk and its transformation into Carol of the Bells.
• Explore Malanka through video, text, and cultural symbols (role reversal, masks, the goat). 
• Play a team game to check knowledge and collect Stars of Bethlehem.
• Practise expressing opinions using Agree / Disagree statements.
• Listen to Carol of the Bells and put the lyrics in the correct order.
• Create a mind map of Ukrainian Winter Musts as a final reflection and summary.