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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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- 1st
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Students gain knowledge about the first Thanksgiving, how the pilgrims lived and the differences between our Thanksgiving today and the Thanksgivings of the past. They recognize different parts of the word Thanksgiving. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research the story of the first Thanksgiving and use graphic organizers to display their findings. They complete a worksheet using their research. 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 »
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- 1st
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Students explore the Pilgrims and Native Americans and write about what they learn. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the culture of the Wampanoag Indians. They consider the background of Thanksgiving and what the holiday means to them today. Students access the Museum of Boston's excellent website, then complete a worksheet imbedded in this plan which leads to a greater understanding of the first Thanksgiving from the Native American's perspective. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students watch streaming video, Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving, define and discuss acrostic poetry, complete circle map using words associated with Thanksgiving, and create acrostic Thanksgiving poems to be typed in Microsoft Word and combined into class booklet. Full Review »
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- 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 - Higher Ed
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Students travel back in time to Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. Students discover how the Indians and the Pilgrims taught each other new skills so that their lives would be more plentiful. Each student becomes a character from this time period. Students research the character and then write a biography for the character they are assigned. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore who these very different people were, how they lived and why they would consider sitting down to a meal together. We envision a reenactment of the Pilgrims' voyage to the New World and two separate lessons that incorporate learning centers for the exploration of everyday life for a Pilgrim and a Native American child. Full Review »
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