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The First Thanksgiving Celebration
Extensions/Application Question:
  • Have students compare and contrast information from two selections used in the group activity by creating a Venn diagram.

  • Prepare a class feast with traditional Wampanoag food. Refer to http://www.plimoth.org/learn/education/
    kids/homeworkHelp/dinner.asp


  • Ask the students: When you celebrate Thanksgiving this year will you tell your family about the Wampanoag at the first Thanksgiving? Why? Who do you usually thanks when you celebrate Thanksgiving? Did this lesson give you an idea of any other people to thank?
Suggested Books:
  • Flanagan, Alice K., The Wampanoag

  • Kessel, Joyce K., Squanto and the First Thanksgiving

  • Metaxas, Eric, Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving

  • Penner, Lucille R., Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners

  • Peters, Russell M., Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition

  • Riehecky, Janet, The Wampanoag: People of the First Light

  • Sewell, Marcia, People of the Breaking Day

  • Swamp, Jake, Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message

  • Waters, Kate, Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast

  • Waters, Kate, Samuel Eaton's Day

  • Waters, Kate, Sarah Morton's Day

  • Waters, Kate, Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times
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