1. Introducing a Holiday By Wei-Pong Chung

2. What should be included? The origin of the holiday. Why do people celebrate the holiday? When is the holiday celebrated? How do people celebrate the holiday? What are the special events that are held to celebrate the holiday? What are the traditions of the holiday? What does your pen pal say about the holiday?

3. Things you can do to know more… Google it. ◦ Make sure your resource is reliable. ◦ Wikipedia is not always right. Please DO NOT use it as reference. Look for some pictures to help you understand how people celebrate a holiday. Go on youtube.com to find related clips. ◦ Make sure they are not too long so you can share some of them to your classmates in your presentation.

4. Google is really useful when it comes to presentation Google.com Google pictures Google map

5. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE PRESENTATION MADE BY YOUR TEACHER

6. A Holiday Full of Thanks— Thanksgiving By Wei-Pong Chung

7. Background In the early 17 th century, the Pilgrims came from England to the “New World” to look for religious freedom and all that other good stuff. Their ship, the May Flower, landed in Massachusetts after a really long journey at sea. The Pilgrim didn’t expect such a harsh weather in their dream land. Only half of them survived the first winter.

8. The First Thanksgiving When summer came, the Pilgrims had a big harvest with some help from the Indians. At the end of their first year, the Pilgrims held a big feast with the Indians to give thanks to God. They ate corn, pumpkin, squash, and meat, most of which were the things they grow from their harvest.

9. They Give thanks to God

10. They share their food.

11. Spirit of Thanksgiving The original purpose of celebrating Thanksgiving Day is to give thanks to God, and to share with your friends and family what you’ve got. Recently, Thanksgiving Day has grown to be a holiday to share thanks with people you love and be thankful for what you have.

12. When is Thanksgiving Celebrated? Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. This year, it’s going to be on November 24 th. People in the United States usually have Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving. They don’t have to make up for the classes on Friday on the following Saturday.

13. Celebrating Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is the time when people have big gatherings. They invite family and friends over to eat. The typical food for Thanksgiving is a turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. However, some people use chicken instead but most eat turkey.

14. A Very Fancy Thanksgiving Meal

15. Thanksgiving Meal Turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and gravy Mashed potato and turkey

16. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade One of the biggest event during Thanksgiving is the Macy’s Parade. It is held in New York City on Thanksgiving Day. In the past 83 years, the route of the parade is from American Museum of Natural History, bypassing Time Square to Macy’s Department store. mapmap

17. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Cartoon characters balloons will go on the street. Many people stand on the streets while many others are in office buildings.

18. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade GarfieldSpongeBob

19. Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Me @ Thanksgiving Parade, 2005Santa brings the parade to an end.

20. Sale! Sale! Sale! The day after Thanksgiving Day, Friday, that is. There would be a BIG sale in almost every store. It is called the Black Friday Sale. Things can go up to 80-90% off. Americans are crazy about the Black Friday.

21. This is how crazy they can be

22. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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