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Thanksgiving

Informational Websites

  • Even So, I am Thankful
    You've got to accentuate the positive... Middle and high school students will use this lesson plan to consider what might be negative elements in their own lives, and try and turn them around to find what just might be positive about the experience. Have fun with this lesson--if your students get stuck, try making up some hilarious reasons to be thankful.
  • The First Thanksgiving
    This site includes a Teacher's Guide,  timeline, a virtual exploration of the Mayflower, interviews with the ship's crew and passengers, an investigation into Pilgrim life and a Thanksgiving Cyber-challenge.
  • Investigating the First Thanksgiving
  • Life as a Wampanoag
    Meet Fast Turtle, a warrior counsel of the Wampanoag tribe. An interview presents Thanksgiving at Plimoth in 1621 from a Wampanoag point of view in this fictionalized, online presentation.
  • Native American Links
  • Pilgrim Museum
    America's museum of Pilgrim possessions, collections and information
  • President Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
  • Thanksgiving in American Memory
    Read the first proclamation of Thanksgiving by the Continental Congress, and click on a Thanksgiving timeline to see important milestones surrounding Thanksgiving traditions and celebrations in American history
  • The Thanksgiving Feast
  • The Wampanoag Thanksgiving
  • The Truth about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
    The truth is, the Pilgrims never held an autumnal Thanksgiving feast. Before you cancel the turkey, take a look at the origin of that particular myth. In some ways, the truth is even more intriguing.
Activities and Lessons

WebQuests

Thanksgiving Crafts and Activities
Native American Crafts
This Thanksgiving, remember the important influence of Native Americans in our heritage. Introduce your students to indigenous cultures is by looking at some of their art and crafts. Create cornhusk dolls, dream catchers, pinch pots, and more.
Thanksgiving Clip Art

Thanksgiving Borders

Thanksgiving Border Paper

Thanksgiving Writing Paper

Thanksgiving Quilt
Use quilt squares to illustrate something to be thankful for.

Thanksgiving Fun

Pilgrim Hats for Boys

Pilgrim Hats for Girls

Hands and Feet Turkey

Thankful Turkey

Chenille Stem Turkey

Thanksgiving Crafts 

 Thanksgiving  Art
Kindergarten

Thanksgiving Art
Ideas for Thanksgiving projects. They include a Thanksgiving collage, a colored paper chain of gratitude, fruit and vegetable painting, or give away a certificate of thanks with the templates available here
Turkey Pumpkins
Here is a cute art project to give your pumpkins a decidedly Thanksgiving flair.

Textured Turkeys
Oak tag turkeys are decorated with colored tissue paper squares to create three dimensional models.

Talking Turkey
Plenty of creative ideas to celebrate the turkey with delightful art and craft project ideas, including wood block turkeys, hanging turkeys, gobble turkeys, dressed turkeys, and turkey cones. For early elementary students

Thanksgiving Mini Books
What are your students thankful for? Download and print out this mini book. Both print and color
activities are included for grades K through 2.

Thanksgiving Gamespilgrims
hatWhat's Different 1

What's Different 2

indianCreate and Print your own cartoon.

turkeyThanksgiving History Quiz

 

turkeyOnline Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle

cooked turkeyOver the River Maze

Fall Match Game

cornThanksgiving Word Search

turkeyTurkey Match
 

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