Gifted and Talented Notes
A Few Thanksgiving Resources!
The First Thanksgiving Interactive Website
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
- This interactive website allows students to see how the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Native Americans celebrate the first Thanksgiving together at Plymouth Plantation.
- It also has teaching resources.
Teacher Guide 3-5
Dig Deeper into Thanksgiving with TED-ED
Research Thanksgiving Holidays Around the World
- Investigate the Thanksgiving traditions around the world
- Have students Identify two countries to investigate. Then research details about four attributes to compare in this online compare and contrast graphic organizer.
Primary Documents of Thanksgiving
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/thanksgiving/
http://mayflowerhistory.com/primary-sources-and-books/
If you are looking for a collection of primary resources related to Thanksgiving, this website has them all.
http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/pdf/TG_What_Happened_in_1621.pdf
Check out these 2 (and only 2) primary sources for the events of autumn 1621 in Plymouth:
- Edward Winslow writing in Mourt's Relation
- William Bradford writing in Of Plymouth Plantation
Be a Historian- Thanksgiving Interactive
What really happened at the First Thanksgiving? Become a history detective and find out! In this fun, award-winning activity, you take on the role of a “history detective” to investigate what really happened at the famous 1621 celebration.
Differentiated Articles for Students
- K-12 Thanksgiving Reading Passages
https://newsela.com/articles/black-thursday/id/1837/
Amid a retail wallet race, shopping trumps turkey
https://newsela.com/articles/thanksgiving-hannukah/id/1408/
Please pass the pumpkin latkes, it's Thanksgivukkah
Thanksgiving Word Problems
- Ted, The Thanksgiving Turkey: Multiplication Stories for grade 3rd-5th
- Thanksgiving Budget Challenge for grade 3rd-5th
- A Collection of Thanksgiving Math Challenges for grade k-5th
- The Great Turkey Surprise Problem for grades k-2nd
Yummy Math has several Thanksgiving themed math problems - ready to print and use.
Thanksgiving Logic
- Try this Interactive Logic Puzzle called Thanksgiving Dinner
Talk Like a Pilgrim
Tell a Few Jokes
Sing a Song
- M.C. Turkey Can't Stuff This
- You Can't Goggle Me
- Can students write their own song?