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- Activity Idea Place: Thanksgiving - Includes Thanksgiving games, art, math, and science activities for preschool children and toddlers. Created for teachers and parents.
www.123child.com/fall/thanks.html
- Are You Teaching the Real Story of Thanksgiving? - This article from Education World examines how Thanksgiving is commonly portrayed in the classroom and encourages teachers to look at the holiday from a Native American perspective.
www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr040.shtml
- Holidays and Celebrations: Thanksgiving - Links for Thanksgiving in Canada, the United States, and around the world for students and teachers.
www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/celthanksgiving.htm
- Kindergarten Thanksgiving Lesson - Teaches children why Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims and how and why we celebrate Thanksgiving today.
ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/k2/unit3/UNIT3-K-Lesson1.html
- Life at Plymouth Plantation - Social Studies lesson for first grade dealing with the life of Sarah Morton.
ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/k2/unit3/UNIT3-1-Lesson2.html
- Pilgrims - Cross-curricular lesson plans and supplemental resources for teaching K-12 students about the people who celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
www.teachervision.com/tv/theme/Pilgrims
- Squanto and the First Thanksgiving - History lesson based on the importance of Squanto.
www.gj.net/~plewis/Squanto.html
- TeacherLink Thanksgiving Lesson Plan - Assisting educators in teaching children gratitude. This is done by teaching lessons centered around the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/MonsonUnits/amychr/index.htm
- Thankful Turkey - Thanksgiving lesson plan focusing on language and art. Helps children become aware of the things they are thankful for.
www.kinderart.com/seasons/thankfulturkey.htm
- Thanksgiving - First-grade teacher offers poetry- and literature-based Thanksgiving activities.
www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/pagee.html
- Thanksgiving - English language teacher provides descriptions of persons and terms frequently associated with Thanksgiving; materials is designed for use with non-native speakers of English.
eleaston.com/thanksgiving.html
- Thanksgiving - Detailed collection of links designed to help those from countries other than the United States understand what the holiday is all about. From the University of Illinois' Intensive English Institute.
deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/Holidays/Thanksgiving.html
- Thanksgiving from ComputingCorner.com - Word games and other activities for students.
www.computingcorner.com/holidays/Thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm
- Thanksgiving Fun - Games, songs, art projects, and miscellaneous ideas appropriate for use with preschoolers.
www.perpetualpreschool.com/thanks.html
- Thanksgiving in the Classroom - Provides collection of links designed for elementary school teachers.
www.jeannepasero.com/thanksclass.html
- Thanksgiving Information - A reach beyond the myths of Thanksgiving to some degree of historic truth. A historical perspective for teachers and their students.
www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html#top
- Thanksgiving Lesson Plan - Single lesson plan appropriate for younger ESL/EFL students focuses on vocabulary related to Thanksgiving and the history of the holiday.
www.everythingesl.net/lessons/gobble.php
- Thanksgiving Lesson Plans - Lesson contains crossword puzzles and songs that feature Thanksgiving customs and links to other Thanksgiving sites.
www.etc.sccoe.k12.ca.us/i98/ii98Units/SocStd/ESLNet/TEXT/Thanksg.htm
- Thanksgiving Lesson Plans and Activities - Teacher resource for the Thanksgiving holiday.
members.aol.com/Donnpages/USHolidays.html#THANKS
- Thanksgiving Mini-Unit for Third Grade - Mini-Unit teaching students about Native American culture and the journey of the pilgrims.
www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/96-97/96-97_mini_units/Thanksgiving_CSchaffer/table_content.html
- Thanksgiving Quilt - Lesson plan promoting open dialogue of what the children are thankful for while exploring different textures, shapes and colors.
www.kinderart.com/seasons/thanksquilt.htm
- Thanksgiving Resources on the Web for Educators - Curriculum materials for Thanksgiving.
www.midgefrazel.net/wqthanks.html
- Thanksgiving Unit - Elementary school teachers provides a list of children's books related to Thanksgiving. Also features more than two dozen classroom activities related to Thanksgiving. [Graphics intensive.]
www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/thanks.html
- Thanksgiving: A History of Today's Celebration - Thanksgiving history lesson for fourth through sixth grades.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/Byrnes/thanks.html
- The First Thanksgiving - Teaches students the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans. Improves content-area reading skills, including comprehension and vocabulary.
teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/tguide.htm
- The Fourth World Documentation Project - Native American educator addresses common misconceptions about the Pilgrims and offers suggestions for how teachers can more accurately portray the first Thanksgiving. From the Center For World Indigenous Studies.
www.night.net/thanksgiving/lesson-plan.html
- The Fourth World Documentation Project: A Factual Rebuttal - Caleb Johnson's response, which drew the attention of the New York Times in 1998, to the popular Thanksgiving lesson plan series.
members.aol.com/calebj/fourth.html
- Time to Give Thanks: A Thanksgiving Unit Study - Adaptable Thanksgiving unit for all grades.
www.teelfamily.com/education/thanksunit.html
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