Thanksgiving Unit Study

Thanksgving Unit Study

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Thanksgiving Unit Study



Books used:

Long before the pilgrims, the First Thanksgiving 1598

If you sailed on the mMayflower in 1620

America's Providential History

Plymoth Pioneers

Who's that stepping on Plymoth rock?



Additional sources:

5 kernels of corn poem

Pilgrim Fun Facts

Fighting for the right to be wrong



Topics to cover:

The first thanksgiving (Spanish)

Who was there?

What did they eat?

What did they do to celebrate?

Where?

When?

Where they celebrating? Why were they celebrating?



The second thanksgiving (pilgrims)

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Where they celebrating? Why were they celebrating?



What do these two thanksgiving have in common?



History:

Which two presidents recommended celebrating thanksgiving day as a holiday?

When was thanksgiving day recognized as a national holiday?

How long has thanksgiving day been celebrated?

Are there any other countries that celebrate our Thanksgiving day?

Why or why not?



More specific information about the pilgrims:

Read and learn about the Mayflower compact

Who was the Governor of Plymoth?

What flag flew on the Mayflower?

Did the pilgrims celebrate Christmas?

What was Plymoth called by the Indians?



The darker side of the pilgrims:

What type of punishment did the pilgrims inflict upon wrong doers?

Did the pilgrims really flee to the new land to escape religious persecution or to simply set up a new (equally oppressive) religious persecution?





Projects:

Lapbook

Time line

Thanksgiving Tree (leaves have things/people/situations we are thankful for)



Thanksgiving decorations:

Leaf impression placemat



String of leaves



Thanksgiving table centerpiece











The Legend of the Five Kernels

The first winter the Pilgrims spent in their new home was very cold. Food was in short supply. Some days they

had only enough food for each new person to have five kernels of corn for the day. Finally spring came. They planted food and it grew. All the Pilgrims did not die. From then on, when a time of Thanksgiving came around, the Pilgrims put five kernels of corn on each plate to remind themselves of their blessings. Let us also remember:



The first kernel reminds us of the autumn beauty around us.

The second kernel reminds us of our love for each other.

The third kernel reminds us of God's love and care for us.

The fourth kernel reminds us of our friends, especially our Native American brothers.

The fifth kernel reminds us that we are a free people.





Silly thanksgiving day story (mad lib style)





If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?


Pilgrims!