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Thanksgiving: A Turkey's Point of View Lesson Plan

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Thanksgiving: A Turkey's Point of View

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 how a turkey might feel as Thanksgiving approaches.

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point of view, thanksgiving, Holidays, venn diagrams

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3rd - 5th

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Social Studies & History

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