1. Thanksgiving Then and Now

2. Table of Contents Objectives: Slide 3
What should we learn first?: Slide 4
Origins of Thanksgiving: Slides 5 & 6
Thanksgiving Today: Slides 7 & 8
Self-Quiz: Slide 9
Listening Activity: Slide 10

3. Objectives
Learners will identify basic facts about the history of Thanksgiving celebrations on paper after viewing this section of the PowerPoint.
Learners will self-evaluate their cultural knowledge about today’s Thanksgiving celebrations by answering interactive questions.
Learners will orally tell how they plan or would like to celebrate Thanksgiving, using information they have learned from the PowerPoint presentation.

4. What should we learn first?
Let’s start with then
(History of Thanksgiving)
Let’s start with now
(Current ways of celebrating)

5. Origins of Thanksgiving
Key Vocabulary Terms:
Pilgrims: a group of people who left England to sail across the ocean to the United States
Native Americans: the people who already lived in North America before Europeans arrived
A Pilgrim family in traditional clothing
A traditional Native American home

6. Origins of Thanksgiving
Who?
Pilgrims and Native Americans
What?
Feasted (ate) and were thankful for all they had
Where?
Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts
When?
1621
Why?
The Pilgrims were thankful for the food they were able to grow during the summer and for the help from the Native Americans. They held a festival were they prepared some of the foods they had harvested.
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to current celebrations

7. Thanksgiving Today Who? What? Where? When?
People in the United States
What?
Feast (eat) and are thankful what they have
Where?
All around the country
When?
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth (4th) Thursday of November every year
How?
Often, Americans gather with family and eat a large meal together.

8. Common foods to eat at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Today
Common foods to eat at Thanksgiving
Meat:
turkey
Side Dishes:
mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, bread, cranberry sauce
Desserts:
apple pie, pumpkin pie

9. What are common foods to eat at Thanksgiving?
Spaghetti
Turkey
Ice Cream
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Pie
Mashed Potatoes
Pizza
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10. How will you celebrate Thanksgiving?
Click below to listen to how I celebrate Thanksgiving.
Now tell me how you would like to celebrate the holiday.