Global St. Patrick's Day Traditions
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Global St. Patrick's Day Traditions

Did you know St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated all around the world? This B1 ESL lesson for teens and adults explores global St. Patrick’s Day traditions, from turning rivers green in Chicago to parades in Dublin and Tokyo. Students practise reading, vocabulary, and grammar while learning about symbols of luck, dressing up as leprechauns, and community events. Activities include matching, gap fills, and planning a festival, encouraging speaking, teamwork, and cultural discussion.

Skills

  • Can make their opinions and reactions understood as regards solutions to problems or practical questions of where to go, what to do, or how to organise an event (e.g. an outing).
  • Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to their field of interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Match the images to the names of festivals. What do you know about them?

Carnival (Brazil)
La Tomatina (Spain)
Oktoberfest (Germany)
King's Day (Netherlands)
St. Patrick's Day (Ireland)
Songkran (Thailand)
2

Read the text about St. Patrick's Day traditions around the world and choose the best answer to each question.

3

Match the words and phrases to the definitions.

4

Read the text again and fill in the gaps.

5

Plan your own celebration.