Ed 417 - Power Point Presentation

Lisa Grise-BellNovember 8,2000

The First Thanksgiving

To teach my fifth grade class about the “first

thanksgiving”

AMERICAN HERITAGE

Significant people of the time were

the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians

Time Line

1620 - The Mayflower sets sail from England

1621 - April - The Pilgrims finally leave the Mayflower to live in the houses built during the previous winter

1621 - November - The pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians celebrate the first Thanksgiving

1863 - President Lincoln makes Thanksgiving a National Holiday

19?? - Dr. Helms is born

1988-1989 - Student’s in Mrs. Bell’s 5th grade class are born

2000 - November - Lesson on the First Thanksgiving

Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Hale, editor of Lady’s Book, wrote numerous letters to governors and the President to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday, until her request was granted in 1863 by President Lincoln.

Activities to Accompany the American Heritage Strand

• www.plimoth.com•http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/story.htm•http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/cw/1/af-thanks.html•http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/index.htm•http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,22-5395,00.html

Religious FreedomThe Pilgrims,who were Seperatists, were not allowed to practice their

religion in England during this time period. They left England in search

of a new life in America.

Items needed to survive in Plymouth

• Tools - hatchet, shovel, spade, hammer, nails for building houses

• Arms - musket, powder, shot, match, sword, pistol

• Fishing - hooks, line, poles

Various foods eaten by the Pilgrims and Indians at the “First Thanksgiving” in 1621

Web Sites and Activities to Accompany the People in

Societies Strand•http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/pilgrims.htm

•www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/craft.03.htm

•.http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/thanks.html

•http://www.childfun.com/themes/thanks.shtml

•http://teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-785.html

The Pilgrims spent 66 days aboard the Mayflower during

their voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth aboard the Mayflower in 1620.

• The Virginia Company paid the 102 colonists fare to sail on the Mayflower and in exchange the pilgrims were to send back furs, lumber, and fish to England.

• The ship was to land near the Hudson River, but was blown off course by a storm and landed at Plymouth Rock on December 21, 1620.

The pilgrims learned numerous things from the Wampanoag Indians about how to survive in this new

land.

Web Sites and Activities to Accompany the World

Interaction Strand

•http://www.stormfax.com/thanksgv.htm•http://www.teelfamily.com/education/thanksunit.html•http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/november/•http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/november/activities.html

•http://rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_books.htm#books

Decision Making and Resources

•The pilgrims had to make everything that they needed to survive as there were no supply ships to replenish their supplies.

•The first winter was extremely difficult; half of the 102 pilgrims died.

•In the spring, the Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims where to hunt and fish and also how to plant different vegetables such as; squash, pumpkins, and corn.

•The pilgrims also began to trade with the Indians for items that both peoples needed.

The Indians helped the Pilgrims to survive by

showing them where to hunt and fish

Web Sites and Activities to Accompany the Decision Making

Strand

•Www.plimoth.com•http://bw.k12.ri.us/Plymouth/Plymouth.htm

•http://forum.swarthmore.edu/midpow/POW/Nov.23.html

•http://www.thanksgiving.org/5edulist.html•http://rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_pilgrims.htm#indians

The Mayflower Contract:

The pilgrims knew that they were not subject to the laws of the Virginia Company, as the ship had not landed near the Hudson River.

The pilgrims were to settle on Virginia Company lands and since the Pilgrims were blown off course during a storm at sea; the

pilgrims needed rules/laws to abide by in their new homeland.

All of the pilgrims signed an agreement while still aboard the ship -which called for the good

of the colony, and this was called the Mayflower Contract.

This is the First Example of self-rule.

Equal “Just” Laws For The Common Good

Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1863. He proclaimed this day in November “as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father.

Web Sites and Activities to Accompany the Democratic

Process Strand

•http://www.pilgrimhall.org/compact.htm

•http://members.aol.com/calebj/index.html

•http://gonewengland.about.com/travel/gonewengland/library/blcornucopia.htm

•http://rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_pilgrims.htm#indians

•http://wilstar.com/holidays/thanksqz.htm

Courtesy, Honesty, Courage

These were the words that the Plymouth Pilgrims expected of

themselves and of others

Citizenship Rights and

Responsibilities

The Pilgrims lived in peace with the Indians for numerous years, until more colonists arrived and pushed the Indians off of their own land.

Distinct characteristics of Thanksgiving:

Tradition of Prayer

Feasting and Family Reunion

Proclamation by Civil Authorities

A true thanksgiving for Pilgrims was a day of solemn prayer and fasting. The first

Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival.

Then in the 1840’s, the “Cult of Domesticity” existed, which placed an emphasis on home

life and the necessity of enforcing family virtues against the coarse masculine style and cutthroat

business practices of the day. Holiday focused on home and hearth; civilized virtues that had

been lost.

Web Sites and Activities to Accompany the Citizenship

Strand•http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/lma/

oft.html•http://www.annieshomepage.com/

thanksgiving.html•http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/•http://www.night.net/tucker/sammy-

thanks/sam-turkey-p0.html-ssi•http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/

goodies.htm

And now, let’s review a few of the main points from our lesson today on the “First Thanksgiving”

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING WAS CELEBRATED AT PLYMOUTH IN 1621

•The Pilgrims celebrated their harvest, which would have not been possible without the help of their Indian neighbors.

•Most of us in modern times, gather with our friends and family to give thanks for the past year and enjoy eating lots of wonderful food.

THE END