Mardi Gras Madness: History Party for Teens (One-Time Class)

🟣🟨💚 In this fun class, we discuss the topic of Mardi Gras or "Fat Tuesday" around the world. Everyone is welcome to come in costume, face paint, hats, and wigs, wear purple, gold, and green, and bring snacks and beverages if they want to. It's a short educational class, but a PARTY too! (no face masks, please). 🪂

Did you know that Christmas, Mardi Gras, and Easter are related? Yup, I have one time classes for Easter and Christmas (Winter Holiday's) too (wink).

🎭 Mardi Gras is a tradition that dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of spring and fertility, including the raucous Roman festivals of Saturnalia and Lupercalia.

Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon that dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. It is now also a secular holiday. Also known as Carnival or Carnaval, it’s celebrated in many countries around the world—mainly those with large Roman Catholic populations—on the day before the religious season of Lent begins. Brazil, Venice, Australia, Mobile, AL., and New Orleans, LA. play host to some of the holiday’s most famous public festivities, drawing thousands of tourists and revelers every year. Mardi is the French word for Tuesday, and gras means “fat.” In France, the day before Ash Wednesday came to be known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.” Traditionally, in the days leading up to Lent, merrymakers would binge on all the rich, fatty foods—meat, eggs, milk, lard, and cheese—that remained in their homes, in anticipation of several weeks of eating only fish and different types of fasting.

The Mardi Gras Indians are comprised, in large part, of the African-American communities of New Orleans's inner city. While these Indians have paraded for well over a century, their parade is perhaps the least recognized Mardi Gras tradition. The Mardi Gras Indians named themselves after native Indians to pay them respect for their assistance in escaping the tyranny of slavery. It was often local Indians who accepted slaves into their society when they made a break for freedom. They have never forgotten this support. ⚱️

We will begin with a warm welcome. We then watch a short video about the holiday giving a nice introduction. After the video, I give a lecture all about the holiday including its ancient past, how it came to be, and its present plus different perspectives from different religions & cultures. I'll then ask some questions related to the lecture and students will give their responses. After the lecture, we will watch another video about how other countries celebrate the holiday and have a class discussion about it. Finally, we will play a fun Kahoot and Mad Libs.

By learning about holidays, we learn more about different cultures and especially history in a secular mode. 

Please note Outschool's Refund Policy: Refund within 24 hours of payment until your next meeting or lesson access begins. This means that you will not receive a refund for the class 24 hours after your purchase, no matter when the first live meeting of the class begins. Transfer requests to another class are also unavailable.

Please note that if there are 0 students after the first 10 minutes of the live online class, the class will be canceled. 

Note: This class requires a minimum of THREE students in order to proceed. If you know of another teen who might be interested, please let them know about the class. If there is not a minimum of three students enrolled in this class approximately 24 hours before the start time it will be canceled and you will receive a FULL refund. Thank you for understanding.

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