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• The First Thanksgiving by Scholastic "Beginning with a pictorial time line of 1620–1621, students explore the voyage on the Mayflower, the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, and the events that led up to the harvest feast celebrated by both groups. The project also gives students an intimate perspective of the period through interviews with Pilgrim interpreters playing the roles of actual Pilgrims, and a modern-day Wampanoag descendant.
• The History of Thanksgiving from the History Channel
• Investigating the First Thanksgiving From the official web presence of historic Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts; helps clarify what occurred at the first Thanksgiving so students can separate historical fact from the traditions we have 
  all come to know and love.
• The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony
• Plymouth
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Everything you wanted to know about the parade.

• The Mayflower Web Pages This site has a special page for teaches which points you to items on the website that should be of interest. The author allows teachers to duplicate anything on the website as long as they don't profit from doing so.  The site has first hand journals detailing what passengers of the Mayflower saw and did. Passenger wills are even included.

• Thanksgiving from a Multi-cultural perspective  
• Thanksgiving on the Net   A list of Thanksgiving web resources.
• Thanksgiving Songs And Poems  Poems written by third graders.
• more Thanksgiving Songs and Poems
• Thank You in 465 languages  
• Pilgrim Hall Museum 
• The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
• The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving and Other Stories
• TCESC Native Americans Theme Page
• Library of Congress First Thanksgiving
• The American Turkey
• Thanksgiving Jokes by Kids

Webquests & Activities

• Trackdown Thanksgiving Trivia
• November Hunt by Cindy O'Hora   
• Thanksgiving Hunt by Cindy O'Hora
• Life On Plymouth Plantation
• Thanksgiving Games
• Thanksgiving Means more than Giving Thanks
• Internet Hunt from About.com

Activity Pages & Printables

• The Buddy Project Computer Capers Outstanding curriculum oriented activities.
• Enchanted Learning November Calendar of activities  
• Teachnology 40 Thanksgiving Worksheets make sure you scroll down
• Teachnology Thanksgiving Theme Page make sure you scroll down

• Thanksgiving Fun at Orchard Hill School  Find weblinks, crafts and games, songs, stories, and poems.

• Thanksgiving Themed Math Pages 

• Thanksgiving Bookmarks from Jan Brett

• I Am Thankful Printable

• Mayflower Quiz

• Blackdog's Thanksgiving Fun & Games

• Kids Domain Thanksgiving Fun

• Billy Bear's Thanksgiving Activities

• Thanksgiving Border Paper

• Did You Know Cards Ask your students to do some research and learning something special about the Pilgrims. They can bring back two cards each with a written factoid; use these printable "Did You Know?' Pilgrim cards for the class project and/or bulletin board display.

• Thankful Mini Book (pdf) Kindergarten and first grade students will enjoy filling in this Thanksgiving mini-book, where they will list all
  the various things they are thankful for, as guided on each page.

• Mayflower Quiz from Enchanted Learning

• Thanksgiving Wordsearch

• Thanksgiving Online Word Scramble

• Challenging Thanksgiving Wordsearch

• Interactive Thanksgiving Crossword

• Online Thanksgiving Quiz

• Talking Turkey Quiz

• Interactive Pilgrim Puzzle

• DLTK Thanksgiving Activity Page

• Thanksgiving Coloring Pages

Crafts

• Clay Pot Pumpkin Bell -  A nice craft project.

• Pilgrim Hats:
  http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/pilgrim1.html  
  http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/pilgrim2.html  

• The Pilgrims' Voyage: A Map and The Mayflower

• Kinderart Pages

• Native American Crafts For Thanksgiving This Thanksgiving, don't leave out the very important influence of Native Americans in our heritage. One fun way to introduce your students to indigenous cultures is by looking at some of their art and crafts. Students can create their own cornhusk dolls, dreamcatchers, pinch pots, and more with the instructions at this site.
  

Lesson Plans

• Teachers First Thanksgiving Lesson Plans
• Buddy Project Thematic Unit
• Thanksgiving Resources on the Web Web resources and activities organized by grade.
• Myth and Truth : "The First Thanksgiving"
• The Lesson Plans Page:  Many Thanksgiving Lessons  
• Thankful for Negative Things Lesson  
• Thanksgiving A-Z Teacher Stuff  Includes printable worksheets, lesson plans, and thematic units.
• Thanksgiving Across the Curriculum-- Outstanding ideas!!!!
• Primary Thanksgiving Unit
• Thanksgiving Multiple Perspectives

• Native American Crafts Unit

• Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

• Mayflower Supplies This printable worksheet asks students to consider what the Pilgrims needed to bring with them to America, and to write that list of supplies on the sails of this Mayflower picture before coloring it.

• Thanksgiving Word Problems These word problems have a Thanksgiving theme to match the holidays. 

• The Top 6 Thanksgiving Books for children

• A Killing In Plymouth Colony Carol Hurst Newsletter

• A Pilgrim Conversation

• Talking Turkey craft

• Thanksgiving Theme Unit from EdHelper

• Family Fun Crafts

• Journaling with William Bradford 

• Painted Pilgrims Examining art of the seventeenth century, especially through the nuances of portraiture, will lead students through a guided set of questions to consider social and cultural conventions, comparing and contrasting the Pilgrims' century in America with the United States today.

• Teachervision Pilgrim Unit

• Thanksgiving Myth Buster Web Trek Answer Key

Clip Art, fonts etc

• Kids Domain
• Billy Bear's Thanksgiving Page
• About.com Clip Art
• Backgrounds, Clipart, Fonts, Icons, Lines, Wallpaper

Standards Alignment in Ohio Social Studies

History

• Grade 1 (2) Relate stories of the heroism and the achievements of the people associated with state and federal holidays.
• Grade 4 (2)  Describe the earliest settlements in Ohio including those of prehistoric peoples.

People in Societies

• Grades K, 1  (2)  Identify different cultures through the study of holidays, customs, and tractions utilizing language, stories, folktales, music and the arts.
• Grade 1 (3) Describe family and local community customs and traditions.
• Grade 3 (3)  Explain how contributions of different cultures within the United States have influenced our common national heritage.

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