Dossier spécial
Catty, the first website for cats…
http://www.cattv.com/catwebsite.htm
you could use one of the photos on the front page, and invite the students
to talk about it:
http://www.cattv.com/Images/waldocatweb1.jpg
Definitions
short ones
Britannica : http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0804428.html
Columbia : http://www.bartleby.com/65/ap/AprilFoo.html
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/aprlfool.html
http://www.marvelicious.com/aprilfools.html
short, + vocabulary
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/holidays/AprilFools.html
longer ones
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p593.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/afool.htm
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aforigin.html
and how different countries celebrate it
http://www.calendar-updates.com/Holidays/Canada/aprilfools.htm
with music
http://wilstar.net/holidays/aprilfool.htm
very efficient for global understanding
http://www.usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/april.html
http://april-fools.holiday.com/
definition + vintage postcards you could use on a transparent to make
students speak
http://www.geocities.com/atine6/
A history of the day from the New York Times (with a nice picture)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0401.html
Class activities
Ideas for class activities
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnLessons/Holidays.html#AprilFools
A short story and two mini units.
Definition and activities (with music!)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/5365/fool.html
Definition, vocabulary, crafts for younger children
http://www.web-holidays.com/fools/
foolish terms (vocabulary for April fool day)
http://www.web-holidays.com/fools/diction.asp
Pranks
list of pranks
http://www.web-holidays.com/fools/crafts/pranks.asp
Pranks from Family Fun
http://www.calendar-updates.com/Holidays/Canada/aprilfools.htm
Jokes and pranks
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p1939.htm
Jokes
Jokes (be careful, some joke might not be suited for school!)
http://www.azkidsnet.com/JSknockjoke.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/twoanda/holidays/fools.htm
For children, by categories, including the famous knock-knock ones…
http://www.scatty.com/
Hoaxes
http://www.april-fools.us/
See especially the GM carrots, or the tax on pets, there is also a list of pranks…
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html
Top 100 hoaxes. here is what LIIWeek says about it:
This site presents The Origin of April Fool’s Day, The Top 100
April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time, and a quiz, which
challenges sorting the truth from the outrageously false
stories reported by the media on April first. It also includes
a chronological index of hoaxes from the Middle Ages to
the present, and an essay on reasons to hate the
observance.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aprilframe.html
Quiz
a quiz : true or april fool?
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tests/afquiz.html
