Transcript Thanksgiving Then and Now Table of Contents • • • • • • Objectives: Slide 3 What should we learn first?: Slide 4 Origins of Thanksgiving: Slides 5 & 6 Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving
Then and Now
Table of Contents
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Objectives: Slide 3
What should we learn first?: Slide 4
Origins of Thanksgiving: Slides 5 & 6
Thanksgiving Today: Slides 7 & 8
Self-Quiz: Slide 9
Listening Activity: Slide 10
Objectives
• Learners will identify basic facts about the history
of Thanksgiving celebrations on paper after
viewing this section of the PowerPoint.
• Learners will self-evaluate their cultural
knowledge about today’s Thanksgiving
celebrations by answering interactive questions.
• Learners will orally tell how they plan or would
like to celebrate Thanksgiving, using information
they have learned from the PowerPoint
presentation.
What should we learn first?
Let’s start with then
(History of Thanksgiving)
Let’s start with now
(Current ways of celebrating)
Origins of Thanksgiving
Key Vocabulary Terms:
Pilgrims: a group of
people who left
England to sail
across the ocean to
the United States
Native Americans:
the people who
already lived in North
America before
Europeans arrived
A Pilgrim family in traditional clothing A traditional Native American home
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Origins of Thanksgiving
• Who?
Pilgrims and Native
Americans
• What?
Feasted (ate) and were
thankful for all they had
• Where?
Plymouth Plantation in
Massachusetts
• When?
1621
• Why?
The Pilgrims were
thankful for the food
they were able to grow
during the summer and
for the help from the
Native Americans. They
held a festival were they
prepared some of the
foods they had
harvested.
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Thanksgiving Today
• Who?
People in the United
States
• What?
Feast (eat) and are
thankful what they have
• Where?
All around the country
• When?
Thanksgiving is celebrated
on the fourth (4th)
Thursday of November
every year
• How?
Often, Americans gather
with family and eat a large
meal together.
Thanksgiving Today
Common foods to eat at Thanksgiving
• Meat:
turkey
• Side Dishes:
mashed potatoes,
stuffing, green bean
casserole, bread,
cranberry sauce
• Desserts:
apple pie, pumpkin pie
What are common foods to eat
at Thanksgiving?
Spaghetti
Turkey
Ice Cream
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Pie
Mashed
Potatoes
Pizza
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How will you celebrate
Thanksgiving?
Click below to listen to how I celebrate
Thanksgiving.
Now tell me how you would like to celebrate the holiday.