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Thanksgiving: Everything You Need

Students will see beyond the kids table as they research the significance of Thanksgiving.

Internet Field Trip: Looking for Thanksgiving Sites? Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Provides Web sites with information about Thanksgiving. Also suggests teaching ideas and relevant children's books. Plymouth Plantation, the... Read more >	Articles, Online Learning Activities Internet Field Trip: Before the Pilgrims Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Provides Web sites with information on the peoples before the pilgrims. The Vikings, the Pueblo Indians, and the Wampanoag are featured. Read more >
Colonial Customs Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Students explore the customs of 17th century Pilgrims and Wampanoag people with these four learning activities. Read more >	Thanksgiving Vocabulary Quiz Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Use this quiz with The First Thanksgiving multimedia activity to test your students' knowledge of Thanksgiving vocabulary. Read more >
Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Discussion Guide Grades: 6–8 A young orphan journeys on the Mayflower to a new land. When the crew arrives at Plymouth, they find a countryside of magnificent beauty and a... Read more >	Book Resources A Journey to the New World Discussion Guide Grades: 3–5 Through Remember Patience Whipple's diary, students get to join the pilgrims and experience their Atlantic crossing, their settling in Plimoth,... Read more >
Lesson Plans Thanksgiving Lessons for Grades PreK-2 Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Give younger students an in-depth look into the First Thanksgiving with this lesson that helps them understand the experiences of the Pilgrims on... Read more >	Lesson Plans Thanksgiving Lessons for Grades 3-5 Grades: 3–5 Take a closer look at the historical significance of the Pilgrims' voyage, settlement, and first harvest celebration. Read more >
Lesson Plans Thanksgiving Lessons for Grades 6-8 Grades: 6–8 Students explore the relationships between the Pilgrims and Wampanoags, including their experiences, actions, and decisions relating to the... Read more >	Lesson Plans, Book Resources Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving: Dav Pilkey Lesson Plan Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students enjoy performing humorous stories, plays, and poems in Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, using eye contact, volume, and clear... Read more >
An Interview with Ann Rinaldi about The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Grades: 6–8 Ann Rinaldi was interviewed about The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 in the My Name is America historical fiction... Read more >	An Interview with Kathryn Lasky about A Journey to the New World Grades: 3–5 Kathryn Lasky was interviewed about A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 in the Dear America... Read more >
Lesson Plans, Extension Activities, Book Resources On the Mayflower Lesson Plan Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students will learn to identify and describe events as they create models or drawings of the Mayflower, after reading On the Mayflower... Read more >	Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving Chat: Part 1 Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Read the chat with modern-day Manomet Plymouth Wampanoag Native American, Randy Joseph and Pilgrim interpreter, Patience Morton. For Patience, it... Read more >
Articles Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving Chat 2 Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Read the chat with modern-day Manomet Plymouth Wampanoag Native American, Randy Joseph and Pilgrim interpreter, Patience Morton. For Patience, it... Read more >	Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving Chat 3 Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Read the chat with modern-day Manomet Plymouth Wampanoag Native American, Randy Joseph and Pilgrim interpreter, Patience Morton. For Patience, it... Read more >
Articles Life in Plimoth: John Alden, Pilgrim Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 John Alden was a cooper, or barrelmaker, on the Mayflower. Here, he answers students' questions on why he stayed in New Plymouth and... Read more >	Articles Life in Plimoth: Priscilla Mullins, Pilgrim Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Priscilla Mullins traveled on the Mayflower with her parents, her brother, and a servant -- all of whom died during the first winter in... Read more >
Articles Life in Plimoth: Elizabeth and Damaris Hopkins, Pilgrims Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Damaris was three years old when she and her mother, Elizabeth, traveled on the Mayflower. Here are their answers to students' questions... Read more >	Articles Life in Plimoth: Elizabeth Hopkins, Pilgrim Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Elizabeth arrived in America with her husband, two children, and two stepchildren. Here are her answers to students questions about the voyage,... Read more >