Black Friday

• Black Friday always occurs on the day after Thanksgiving. It is the last Friday of the month of November.
• Black Friday is not a national holiday, although many employers give their workers this day off work in addition to Thanksgiving Thursday.
• Black Friday is also known as ‘The Day After Thanksgiving’.
• It’s believed that Black Friday originated in Philadelphia in the early 1960s.
• The name supposedly originates from the moment in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, and so go from their takings being in the ‘red’ to in the ‘black’.
• Since about 2005, Black Friday has always been the busiest shopping day of the year.
• In recent years, Black Friday has become less important as shops choose to offer discounts over the whole of November and December, and not just on Black Friday.
• Many retailers open their stores from 4 or 5am to entice customers in to get the best deals. Some stores, including Target and Macy’s, open at midnight on Thanksgiving.
• Some retailers even open on Thanksgiving Day itself. This day has become known as ‘Black Thursday’ or ‘Gray Thursday’ by some.
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Shopping vocabulary

Shopping list
price tag

cashier
receipt
spend money
products
customer
shop assistant

20 November-Universal Children's Day

Every child under the age of 18 has rights. These are things that allow you to live a full life and allow you to live to your fullest potential. Every child around the world has the same rights as you.
Right: the things that allow children to live to their fullest potential
Need: the things that are absolutely necessary for all children to have or be able to do to live a happy and healthy life
Want: the things that are nice to have but are not necessary for a full life
 On 20 November 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.^[9] The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 1989 and can be found on the Council of Europe website.^[10]The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention and opened it for signature on 20 November 1989 (the 30th anniversary of its Declaration of the Rights of the Child).^[6] It came into force on 2 September 1990, after it was ratified by the required number of nations. Currently, 196 countries are party to it,^[1] including every member of the United Nations except the United States 

 

https://libraryresources.unog.ch/UDHRforchildren/activities

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/childhood-adolescence/national-child-day/activity-kit.html