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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students create a Venn diagram to compare the Pilgrim's "First Thanksgiving" with today's Thanksgiving celebration. They use one type of graphic organizer, a Venn diagram, talk and read about the Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 at Plymouth. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students read what modern day descendants of the Wampanoag tribe have to say about the Thanksgiving celebration. It was the Wampanoags who were the first to encounter the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore "point of view" in literature in their own writing. They create a Venn diagram to display two different points of view towards Thanksgiving. They write a story from the point of view of a turkey near Thanksgiving. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students read, "Maria's Thanksgiving". They review story vocabulary, discuss comprehension questions, complete a sequencing worksheet, isolate possessives and compound words used in the story for a grammar review and write a response. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students participate in a community-service project that makes Thanksgiving special for others. They create a unique work of art that brighten the day of someone they do not know and reflect on what it means to help out. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students examine the facts and myths that surround the "First Thanksgiving" (the harvest celebration of 1621) at Plimoth Colony. They explore the role that historians play in the collection and dissemination of history. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students examine the facts and myths that surround the "First Thanksgiving" (the harvest celebration of 1621) at Plimoth Colony. They study the role that historians play in the collection and dissemination of history and use their knowledge of the "First Thanksgiving" to create a museum exhibit of their own. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students research the Internet to find recipes for their favorite Thanksgiving foods. After locating recipes, students create a recipe book using PowerPoint and arrange their recipes in alphabetical order. Students also incorporate math by locating units of measurement used in the recipes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 9th
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Students talk and read about the Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 at Plymouth. They create a Venn Diagram to compare the Pilgrim's Thanksgiving to our modern Thanksgiving Day. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students take a survey then use the information gained from the survey to help plan a typical Thanksgiving dinner for our last day of class. They create a graph which corresponds the the data gathered during interviews. Full Review »
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