Clifford Learns About the First Thanksgiving and So Do We!

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Over a three week time period, the students learn about the pilgrims in terms of: why they left England, their voyage to America, the challenges they faced when they arrived, and their relationship with the American Indians. As a culmination of this unit, we have a feast with another class. We come as the pilgrims bearing gifts, sharing our harvest, and thankful for our survival. The children in the other class come to the feast as the Indians who helped us.

OBJECTIVE

Students Will:

1. Tell why the pilgrims came to America.
2. Name two of the ships that brought the pilgrims to the new land.
3. Tell some of the ways the Indians helped the pilgrims survive their first year in America such as showing them:

• How to plant corn.
• Which plants were safe to eat?
• Which plants were useful?
• How to fish.
• How to hunt.

LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Make an "I'm Thankful For..." Placemat
Lesson 2: Gift for the Indians

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  1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving In October of 2000, Plimoth Plantation cooperated with the Wampanoag community to stage an historically accurate reenactment of the 1621 harvest celebration. 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving exposes the myth that this event was the "first Thanksgiving" and is the basis for the Thanksgiving holiday that is celebrated today. This exciting book describes the actual events that took place during the three days that the Wampanoag people and the colonists came together. The photographs taken by Sisse $5.95 Paperback Book | Grades 3-5

  
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