THANKSGIVING

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THANKSGIVING

• TRAVAIL REALISE PAR LES
• ELEVES DE 4ème SECTION
• EUROPEENNE

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The pilgrims 17th century

• A group of people escaped
• England for Holland because the British
  government had little tolerance for religion.
• They were called pilgrims

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The Crossing Autumn 1620
The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England. The ship was
the Mayflower. The captain of the ship was
Christopher Jones. There were 102 passengers and
the crew. Oceanus Hopkins was born at sea and
William Button died at sea.
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The settlementwinter 1620
The Mayflower arrived in America in 1620, in the
17th century.There were not enough houses built
when winter came so many Pilgrims stayed aboard
the Mayflower.They suffered from the bitter cold
and didn't have enough food so only half survived.
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The first meeting with natives spring 1621.
The first indians arrived at the pilgrim's camp
on the sixteenth of March 1621. Their names were
Squanto, Samosel and their tribe was the
Wampanoag. Their leader was Massasoit. The
indians taught the pilgrims how to hunt and grow
plants.
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The first Thanksgiving feast
Governor William Bradford declared a feast to
give thanks to God for their first harvest . The
indians were invited to join the pilgrims for
this first Thanksgiving feast, in autumn 1621.
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The menu of Thanksgiving
In 1621, they ate -turkeys -pumpkins -vegetables
-corn -sea food
Today, we eat -turkeys -pumpkins -corns -vegetabl
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The Pilgrims

• Clothes
• A Pilgrim girl wore a petticoat, stockings, an
  apron, a waistcoat, leather shoes and a linen
  coif on her head.

Houses Their houses were made of wood with a
straw roof. Their houses had two floors.
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Food

• Pilgrim children ate food such as bread, corn,
  hens and eggs, duck and fish.They drank milk
  from the goats at the plantation. They ate with
  their hands.

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Chores

• Chores for Pilgrim children included gathering
  wood, milking goats, picking berries and plants,
  caring for younger children, fetching water and
  helping plant the crops. Pilgrim girls also
  helped with cooking and washing, they made soap
  and candles.

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School

• Pilgrim children were taught to by adults and had
  good manners. Kids served meals to their parents
  and spoke only when they were spoken to. In 1621,
  there were no school in Plimoth, so children
  learnt to read and write from other adults, like
  parents or neighbors.

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THE WAMPANOAG

• Clothes
• Most wampanoag clothes were made of deerskin.
• They went barefoot or wore moccasins.
• Houses
• They lived in a wetus. It was made of saplings
  bent into a circular shape.

Food They planted corns, beans, pumpkins,
cucumbers and tobacco.They hunted rabbit,
squirrel, turkey and deer.They also ate fish.
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Chores

• Wampanoag boys helped the men harvest, fish, make
  bows, arrows and knives. They cut  mishoo'n 
  (canoes) from tall chestnut or pine trees. The
  girls prepared food and made clay pots.

School Indian children learnt to respect elder
people and their ancestors.They also learnt to
live in harmony with nature. At 11, boys were
initiated into manhood. This rite included being
taken into wilderness to survive alone for
several months.