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This document discusses the first Thanksgiving, what it means to be thankful, and the meaning behind the Thanksgiving holiday. It provides details on what was eaten at the first Thanksgiving compared to modern celebrations. The document explores how being thankful is about appreciating what you have, rather than material goods. It also examines how the lives of pilgrims and Native Americans differed from people today in terms of food sources and cooking methods. Students will keep a thankfulness journal and create a Thanksgiving placemat to express what they are grateful for.
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The tradition of Thanksgiving started in 1620 when the Pilgrim Fathers celebrated a harvest meal with the native Americans who helped them survive their first year in the New World. It was not declared a national holiday until 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. Thanksgiving is now celebrated on the last Thursday of November as a time for families to reunite, share a meal of turkey and pumpkin pie, watch parades like the Macy's parade in New York City, and watch American football games.
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Traditions are an important part of Thanksgiving celebrations. Some key American traditions include gathering with family for a feast that usually includes turkey as the centerpiece, watching football games, and participating in parades. Spending time with family, being grateful, and maintaining religious customs of prayer and gratitude have been celebrated on Thanksgiving for centuries in America.
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Thanksgiving originated from a harvest feast shared in 1621 between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans. It has become a national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, involving Thanksgiving dinners with family, watching football, parades like the Macy's parade, and Black Friday shopping on the following day. The traditional Thanksgiving meal centers around turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables and pumpkin pie.
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102 pilgrims fled religious persecution in England and arrived on the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They did not know how to survive in the new land and by winter's end, half of them had died from starvation and disease. The following year in 1621, the remaining pilgrims had their first successful corn harvest thanks to the help of the Native American Squanto. They held a three-day feast to celebrate with Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe, which is considered the first Thanksgiving. This harvest celebration tradition grew into a national holiday designated by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November each year.
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Thanksgiving Day in America originated in 1621 when Pilgrims and Native Americans came together for a three day feast featuring many of the foods eaten today such as turkey. This event became an official US holiday in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving. Modern Thanksgiving is celebrated as a time for families to get together, eat a large feast that often includes turkey which takes hours to cook, and go around saying what they are thankful for.
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Thanksgiving is celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. It commemorates the 1621 harvest feast shared between the English Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans. Today, Thanksgiving traditions include large family meals, parades like the Macy's parade in New York City, American football games, and turkey trots races.
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Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States and Canada to give thanks for the harvest. The origins of the holiday come from the Plymouth colonists sharing a feast with the Wampanoag Indians in 1621 to celebrate their first successful harvest in the New World. Today, Thanksgiving is typically celebrated with family meals that include turkey, potatoes, corn, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. Parades and American football games are also common traditions on Thanksgiving Day.
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The tradition of Thanksgiving started in 1620 when the Pilgrim Fathers celebrated a harvest meal with the native Americans who helped them survive their first year in the New World. It was not declared a national holiday until 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. Thanksgiving is now celebrated on the last Thursday of November as a time for families to reunite, share a meal of turkey and pumpkin pie, watch parades like the Macy's parade in New York City, and watch American football games.
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Traditions are an important part of Thanksgiving celebrations. Some key American traditions include gathering with family for a feast that usually includes turkey as the centerpiece, watching football games, and participating in parades. Spending time with family, being grateful, and maintaining religious customs of prayer and gratitude have been celebrated on Thanksgiving for centuries in America.
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Thanksgiving originated from a harvest feast shared in 1621 between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans. It has become a national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, involving Thanksgiving dinners with family, watching football, parades like the Macy's parade, and Black Friday shopping on the following day. The traditional Thanksgiving meal centers around turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables and pumpkin pie.
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102 pilgrims fled religious persecution in England and arrived on the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They did not know how to survive in the new land and by winter's end, half of them had died from starvation and disease. The following year in 1621, the remaining pilgrims had their first successful corn harvest thanks to the help of the Native American Squanto. They held a three-day feast to celebrate with Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe, which is considered the first Thanksgiving. This harvest celebration tradition grew into a national holiday designated by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November each year.
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- The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in 1924 with zoo animals rather than balloons paraded down the streets.
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Thanksgiving Friends
- 1. Thanksgiving Friends By Elyse Fuchs
- 2. OVERVIEW We will be discussing the first Thanksgiving, what it means to be thankful, and the meaning behind the Thanksgiving holiday. We will also talk about what it means to be thankful, focusing on things like family and friends, and not materials goods.
- 3. Questions to consider What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving? How is it different from what we eat? What does it mean to be thankful? What is the meaning behind the Thanksgiving holiday? How are the lives of the pilgrims and Indians different from our lives? What are you thankful for?
- 4. Connection with Indiana Social Studies Standards K.1.1 -Compare children and families of today with those in the past. K.1.2 -Identify celebrations and holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events and America's ethnic heritage.
- 5. The First Thanksgiving “In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.“ “This harvest meal has become a symbol of cooperation and interaction between English colonists and Native Americans.” Kathleen Curtin. (2008). The First Thanksgiving. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/the-first-thanksgiving
- 6. What did they eat? Their Menu Venison Wild fowl More meat, less vegetables (vegetables were out of season) No sweets or pies Used spoons and knives (no forks) Our menu Turkey Pumpkin pie Mashed potatoes Stuffing Corn Green beans Sweet potatoes Gravy
- 7. What does it mean to be thankful ? To be happy with what you have To appreciate Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative Dictionary.com, L.L.C. (2009). Thankful. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thankful
- 8. What is the meaning behind the Thanksgiving holiday? It was when the pilgrims gave thanks for a bountiful harvest The pilgrims and indians became friends Giving thanks for the gifts of life, love, and joy
- 9. Compare and contrast our lives to the lives of the pilgrims and Indians of the first thanksgiving US More food available to us Buy our food at the grocery store No electricity to cook with Share with friends and family PILGRIMS and INDIANS Grew and hunted for their food Cooked by fire Share with friends and family
- 10. What are you thankful for? The students will be keeping a thankfulness journal throughout the month of November Each day they will write about the things that they are thankful for in their lives. This will keep them thinking positive and help them to get out their daily frustrations
- 11. Thanksgiving Placemat After writing in their journal throughout the course of the month, the children will make a Thanksgiving placemat. The students will write what they are thankful for on fall leaf cutouts and glue them to a paper placemat. The placemat will be laminated for safe keeping.
- 12. REFERENCES Kathleen Curtin. (2008). The First Thanksgiving. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/the-first-thanksgiving Anna Daub. (2009). Thanksgiving Lesson Plans and Activities – Placemat. Retrieved from http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/thanksgiving/placemat.htm Dictionary.com, L.L.C. (2009). Thankful. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thankful Debbie Ghate. (November 15, 2007). An American Holiday: The Moral Meaning Behind Thanksgiving. Retrieved from http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5057 Trish, Hoskins. (March 26,2009). Being Thankful: How to Feel Appreciative for all your Life’s Blessings. Retrieved from http://self-awareness.suite101.com/article.cfm/being_in_a_state_of_thankfulness Catherine Millard. (1999). Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving? Retrieved from http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/ednkc002.html Stacey Schifferdecker. (2007). Teaching Children The Meaning of Thanksgiving. Retreived from http://www.more4kids.info/553/teaching-children-the-meaning-of-thanksgiving/