Well, we're winding down for Chuseok, so it's time for a foreign-culture lesson at my school. This lesson compares American Thanksgiving to Chuseok. It's starts with oversimplified version of the fairytale rendition of Thanksgiving that was crammed down my throat until high school. Then, it looks at foods, which is the most exciting part for the students. Enjoy explaining gravy to the kids...they just keep saying 기름 in surprised and terrified voices. Convincing them that a turkey is different than a chicken also requires some patience. At the end, there's a list of topics to make a Venn diagram for Chuseok and Thanksgiving, but this year I'm more about the crossword for high levels and the word search for low levels. I've used this at Thanksgiving time too, but I think the kids are more into the spirit around Chuseok.

Thank you for sharing this great lesson.I planned to do this lesson soon, so this will assist me.I will also be including some of the work i do in the schools mid-term exams, so I think the quiz at the end of your ppt would be perfect :).The worksheets are also very good, so I could possibly also draw some exam questions from that.I actually wanted to include a short dialogue, maybe have the kids chat about the differences & similarities between Thankgiving and chuseok.Does any1 have any other suggestions on dialogue ideas for this topic?

Thanks again for sharing these materials. :D

This was a lifesaver. My co-teacher just walked up and asked me to do a lesson plan on Thanksgiving/Chuseok after I had been finishing up on another lesson plan...gotta love that. XD

Thank you so much for this.  I was looking for a good way to tie in Thanksgiving and Chuseok (as per the request of my co-teachers), and this ppt plus the exercises look like a perfect class (or two?) for my students.  Much appreciated.

Hey- I'm using a 2011 Macbook Air... I only have Keynote on it, no PowerPoint. I never had trouble viewing PowerPoints before, but now this one won't open. Is anyone else using a mac to view the files and know how I can fix it? It just says: "An unknown error occurred"

was stuck for ideas this week as i only have to teach half the week. But this will come in handy. Thanks for the post

Thanks for sharing this!!

I'm from the UK and ignorantly know very little about thanksgiving... except what I've learned from friends. So the kids and I are gonna learn something!

Thank you!

This is all excellent material!  However, I'm planning to show my kids a clip of American football, since they've got pretty much no clue what it is.  I'm not sure how to go about explaining it to them (or even if I should, since it would probably bore them out of their minds).  Does anyone have an idea of a play or set of downs on video that they would be able to enjoy?