Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving Resources on the Web for Educators

Part 2: Classroom Activities: Infusing into the Curriculum
Kathy Schrock's Theme of the Month: November 2005:
Life at New Plymouth
...United Streaming clip from
Living at the Plymouth Colony
Educational Materials for the Classroom
inexpensive materials, well-researched by a cooperative effort
between The Mayflower Society and the Pilgrim Hall Museum
...example: "The Pilgrims & The Fur Trade" for grades 5-7

Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
thanksgiving/index.htm
The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving
ideas for Kindergarteners
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org
/the_pilgrims__first_thanksgivi.html
Oyate: Native American green star Viewpoints and Information
http://www.oyate.org/resources.html
green star Myths and Realities
http://www.plimoth.org/discover/myth/
Thanksgiving Page (Grade 1)
URL: http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/
elempath/pilgrims/
ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan:
"Myth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving"
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=65grades 6 to 8
Painted Pilgrims
Curriculum unit from Pigrim Hall Museum
...grades 6-12
William Bradford the Pen & the Person
Curriculum unit from Pigrim Hall Museum
...grades 9-12
Children's Books about Thanksgiving
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/sh-child9.htm
Books by Kate Waters about Life in Plymouth
(for children)
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
BooksGifts/books_children.php
Thanksgiving and Clothing (Grades 1 to 3)
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/
tlresources/units/
Byrnes-celebrations/Thanksgiving.html
Strawberry Thanksgiving (Grades 4 to 5)
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/
tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/straw.html
The Pilgrims as People
http://www.plimoth.org/discover/colonial-life/
pilgrim-people.php
...by James Baker, Historian
Timeline of Plymouth Colony 1620-1693
http://www.plimoth.org/discover/
colonial-life/timeline.php
Kindergarten
Lesson 1: Why Did the Plimoth Settlers Celebrate Thanksgiving?
First Grade
Lesson 1: The Mayflower Passengers and
Their First Year In America
Lesson 2: Life at Plimouth Plantation
Second Grade
Lesson 2: Who Were the Settlers of Jamestown?
NY Times Learning Network Web Explorer
Thanksgiving
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/
explorer/thanksgiving/_tourlaunch1.htm
Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/thanksgiving.htm
list of many Web resources

The Journal of William Bradford
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/bradjour.htm
Pilgrim Hall Resource Pages for Teachers
Designed for teachers as pre-visit activities
and is also useful as integration material
Preschool to Grade 3
Grades 4 to 6
Grade 7 and older
Education World: Thinking About Thanksgiving Lessons Across The Curriculum
...science, math, language arts
Don't forget these additional lesson plans!
Library of Congresss: Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_earlyamerica_kit.php
...please not the copyright information as these are intended for use in a single-classroom

The Mayflower Compact
Text of the document plus a painting:
Signing the Mayflower Compact by Edward Percy Moran
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/compact.htm
Treaty with Massasoit
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/massa-tr.htm

StormFax ® Weather Almanac:
The Winter of 1620-1621
URL: http://www.stormfax.com/thanksgv.htm

Native American Influence on Colonial America
URL: http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/
themes/NativeAmerican.htm
Life in Early America Grade 3 Lesson Plan
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Colony.htm
Thanksgiving by the Cookbook
by Peg Baker
..an exploration of festive holiday food
Crafts and Coloring Pages
Enchanted Learning's Thanksgiving Activities Page
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/

Additional Resources

The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
URL: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jfd3a/home2.html
Archived Plymouth Colony material (1620-1691)
including an excellent image collection

Pilgrims and Puritans: Background
URL: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html
Document containing information about the issues of freedom
that the Pilgrims faced. Adult reading level material.
Main page of this document: The American Sense of Puritan
by Scott Atkins (University of Virginia)

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Last modified: 11/1/07
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Remember! We do not know what the Pilgrims looked like..
and most clipart and coloring pages do not adequately
represent either the Pilgrims or the Native Americans
and are only here for decorative purposes.
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