Check Your Knowledge with St. Patrick's Day Trivia and Share How You Engage Students

Saint Patrick's Day Trivia:

* What is the connection between the snake and St. Patrick?

* Why is corned beef associated with St. Patrick’s Day?

*What are leprechauns, and what do they have to do with St. Patrick’s Day?

Questions:

How do you encourage your students to share their heritage, customs, culture, and lore to promote diversity and inclusion within your learning community? 

How do you use storytelling and lore to teach reading and/or writing?

 

Answers
Legend has it that St. Patrick stood atop a hillside in Ireland and banished all the snakes from the country. Ireland actually never had any snakes; the story is a metaphor for the eradication of pagan ideology and the triumph of Christianity.

Irish immigrants living on the lower East Side of New York substituted cheaper corned beef, which they learned about from their Jewish neighbors, for their traditional meal of Irish bacon.

Leprechauns, meaning “small-bodied fellows” have their origins in the Celtic belief in fairies. They were known for their trickery, used to protect their treasure, the fabled pot of gold.