The First Thanksgiving

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The First Thanksgiving
An Interactive Lesson By Amanda Arnold
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Instructions
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Table of Contents
Who
What
Instructions
Where
When
Why
Foods
Why dont we eat that?
Quizzes
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• Who
• Pilgrims
• 102 men, women, and children from England
• Wanted religious freedom
• Natives
• Squanto- native of the Pawtuxent nation
• last native from his nation
• former slave to the English
• assisted in hunting, growing food, finding
  food, farming.
• created a peace treaty with Wampanoag nation
• Natives from the Wampanoag nation
• Native nation surrounding Plymouth Plantation

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What

• The Pilgrims lost 46 people during their first
  winter in Plymouth
• After a bountiful harvest held a large feast to
  celebrate
• The Pilgrims, Squanto and the Wampanoag natives
  were all there

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Where

• The Pilgrims landed in what is now modern
  Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• The Pilgrims named their new land the Plymouth
  Plantation

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When

• The Pilgrims landed in America in 1620.
• Their feast thought to be the first Thanksgiving
  dinner was in the fall of 1621.

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Why

• Pilgrims wanted to celebrate their large harvest
• Pilgrims also wanted to honor and thank Squanto
  and Wampanoag natives for their help

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Foods
Foods from 1621 Foods we eat Today

• Deer
• Clams
• Eels
• Lobster
• Dried Berries
• Wild Turkey
• Sea Bass, Cod

• Mashed potatoes/Gravy
• Sweet Potatoes
• Green Beans
• Apple Pie
• Turkey
• Stuffing/Dressing
• Cranberry Sauce

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Why dont we eat that?
Availability- Pilgrims ate what foods they were
able to grow and hunt using the skills and
technology of their time period (grocery stores,
genetic engineering). Modern Advances- Advances
in Technology allow us to mass produce and
purchase our food quickly and affordably (grocery
stores, refrigerators, processing foods, high
tech farms).
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Test your Knowledge
TRUE AND FALSE QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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Squanto was a native from the Wampanoag Nation?
TRUE
FALSE
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Correct!
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Oops, Try Again.
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Eel was eaten at the first thanksgiving
celebration.
TRUE
FALSE
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Correct!
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Oops, Try Again.
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We no longer eat what the Pilgrims eat because of
advances in Technology.
TRUE
FALSE
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Correct!
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Oops, Try Again.
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The first Thanksgiving feast took place in ______.
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1776 1621 1620
B
C
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Correct!
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How many Pilgrims died during their first winter
in Plymouth Massachusetts?
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46 102 51
B
C
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Correct!
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Oops, Try Again.
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Which food was not eaten at the first
Thanksgiving dinner?
A
Sea Bass Dried Berries Cranberry Sauce
B
C
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Oops, Try Again.
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Correct!
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References
http//wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm http//w
ww.aaanativearts.com/article937.html http//news.
nationalgeographic.com/news/kids/2003/11/thanksgiv
ing.html