AFP News Agency
CLEAN : California gas station customers fill up tanks at high price ahead of Thanksgiving
With gas prices so high, I'm just gonna have a Friendsgiving instead of going to see my family,” says Chris Kirkland as he fills up his tank in California, the US state with the highest gas prices (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
GivingTuesday CEO Talks About Campaign, Younger Donors
The campaign was launched in 2012 as a way to get people to donate to charity at a time when they were already spending money on holiday shopping.
Curated Video
Avian Flu Is Affecting The Poultry Industry As The Holidays Approach
Bird flu, in the U.S. and abroad, is pushing poultry prices up ahead of Thanksgiving.
Curated Video
Hospitals Are Bracing For COVID, RSV And The Flu Amid The Holidays
Learn how to protect yourself, plus get a couple of other wellness tips to make Thanksgiving a safe and healthy one.
Curated Video
What's The Risk of Volunteering Around the Holidays?
In our series "What's the Risk?" experts weigh in on what risks different scenarios pose for transmitting COVID-19.
Bloomberg
Is Cyber Monday Still Relevant?
Dec. 1 -- Like Black Friday, Cyber Monday is largely a marketing ploy. It first popped up in 2004. The idea was to get people to keep shopping on Monday from their office computers where Internet connections were faster than at home....
Be Smart
The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
Many of the foods pilgrims ate include foods people still eat at American Thanksgiving celebrations today. The turkey, a domesticated animal native to the Americas, often finds itself the center of attention on this holiday. Today's corn...
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
History In A New Light: Illuminating the Archaeology of Historic Patuxet and Plymouth
A 12-minute virtual tour introduces viewers to the newest exhibition at the Plymouth Plantation museum. The video, featuring artifacts from an archaeological dig at historic Patuxet and Plymouth, begins with Wampanoag displays and moves...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Mayflower Compact
Learners consider how the Mayflower Compact created a sense of order for the new residents of North America. Video clips include a scholar and a re-enactor playing Plymouth Gov. William Bradford, and others include Native American...
Scholastic
Plimoth Plantation Virtual Field Trips
Take a virtual field trip to Plimoth Plantation with four video tours and a slideshow. Videos take viewers aboard the Mayflower, inside a pilgrim village, to a Wampanoag homesite, and the Plimoth Plantation. Slideshow pictures are...
PBS
The Pilgrims: Mayflower Descendants
John Howland was a passenger on the Mayflower who's had many famous descendants. What's so special about name on the manifest? Watch to find out.
PBS
The Pilgrims: Native American Relationship to the Land
An informative video sets the context for a lesson that asks young historians to consider how cultural values influence perspective. Groups compare the attitudes reflected in a journal entry of a member of the Plymouth Colony to those of...
PBS
Thanksgiving | All About the Holidays
What happens on the fourth Thursday in November? Thanksgiving! Watch a video that introduces young viewers to this American holiday.
Curated OER
The Pilgrims: Alliance with Massasoit’s People and the First Thanksgiving
Is the story of the First Thanksgiving actually all it's said to have been? Watch a video that sheds light on the event, who Samoset and Massasoit were, and what the First Thanksgiving was really all about.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: All About the Holidays
Learn about the history and traditions of some the most celebrated holidays in these instructive videos.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower
Video segment from a PBS documentary about key events in American history as seen from the perspective of Native peoples recounts the experiences of Massasoit, a leading sachem of the Wampanoag, at the time when the English settlement at...
Backstory Radio
Backstory Radio: American as Pumpkin Pie: A History of Thanksgiving
In this BackStory Radio episode, historian, James McWilliams, explores the evolution of Thanksgiving and how it has been celebrated, then and now. Audio and transcripts are provided.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Natives and the English
John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people they encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the...
BBC
Bbc Poetry Out Loud: Talking Turkeys! By Benjamin Zephaniah
The perfect piece of poetry to study during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Watch as Zephaniah recites his poem on behalf of turkeys everywhere.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How to Avoid "Food Failures" This Thanksgiving
Jeff Potter, the author of Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food discusses how to cook turkey successfully for a Thanksgiving meal and avoid a 'food failure.' Aired Nov. 22, 2013 [19:46 min]
Other
Ucb Muddleberry: Holiday Customs From Around the World: Canadian Thanksgiving
A video with a comical look at the similarities and differences between American and Canadian Thanksgiving holidays. [2:03]