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Apple Curriculum Center
Mini-Theme: Thanksgiving
Introduction
Celebrations of Thanksgiving take place in many schools, homes, and communities. There are a number of sites on the web with information that can be used in a study or celebration of Thanksgiving. We've located a few for you. These sites may be used as starting points for a more in-depth study of this historic holiday or simply for ideas for craft and food projects.
Web Site Addresses & Brief Descriptions
Notes:
- Remember that crafts and cooking projects should be supervised by teachers or parents.
- Not all of the links on the sites below were working when we tried them. However, there are many valuable links on the sites that will take you and your students or children to very useful information on Thanksgiving.
For a look at the history of Thanksgiving....
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation <http://wilstar.com/holidays/thanksproc.htm> is an original document and is best used with high school students.
The Official Tourguide, Historical
Reference and Community Business Exchange for Plymouth, MA <http://media3.net/plymouth/index.htm> is an excellent site for middle school and high school students. Younger students may, of course, benefit from this site with help from teachers and parents. Plymouth, celebrating its 375th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, provides links to information on the First Thanksgiving, tours of the area, the Mayflower, the Wampanoag Indians, John Alden, James Bradford, and a number of other people and topics.
Don't miss the True Story of the First Thanksgiving, the Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation, the Wampanoag Indians, and Massasoit.
Read the Thanksgiving story with pictures <http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm> and then take the quiz <http://wilstar.com/holidays/thanksqz.htm> to see how much your know about this holiday.
For Thanksgiving crafts suggestions for younger children....
Help the Pilgrim catch the turkey by completing the Thanksgiving maze <http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/maze/maze4.gif>.
Find Thanksgiving art activities <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7997/sherri2e.htm>, a Thanksgiving Coloring book <http://www.racersworld.com/~deb/tg/tg_coloring.html>, and Thanksgiving Songs <http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/songs11.html-ssi>
Free Thanksgiving Greeting Cards <http://123greetings.com/events/thanksgiving/>
For Thanksgiving crafts ideas, recipes, etc. for high school students and adults....
Those who love the delicious foods of this holiday will enjoy the Thanksgiving Menus <http://www.epicurious.com/e_eating/e04_thanks/menuintro.html> which feature treasures from Colonial Williamsburg, Colonial Boston, and a number of other locations. This site will appeal to high school students and adults. Younger students will enjoy it with help from parents or teachers and would especially enjoy being assistant cooks.
For Projects Related to Thanksgiving <http://www.homearts.com/depts/food/thanksc1.htm>, the Hearst Corp. offers guidelines and instructions from a number of magazines including
Good Housekeeping, Country Living, and Redbook.
For sites that link to a number of Thanksgiving areas....
The Thanksgiving Ring <http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=thanksgiving;list> included nine different sites at the time of our visit to it. The site is up-to-date and includes links for web travels to sites for all ages.
Thanksgiving Clip Art, Mazes, and Crafts <http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/index.html> can be found at this site which also includes games.
Thanksgiving Resource Links <http://www.bham.wednet.edu/thanks.htm> from the Bellingham Schools features Student Resources, Pictures, Maps and
Documents, Holiday Resources and Teacher Resources. The site may be used by teachers and parents with students Grades 3 or 4 up.
An American Thanksgiving on the
Internet <http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/ > includes links to information on the first Thanksgiving, some fun areas for children, and Thanksgiving food ideas.
For some other interesting Thanksgiving sites....
Although this article was put online in 1992, it takes a unique look at Thanksgiving Day by focusing upon a Greener Thanksgiving <http://www.edf.org/pubs/NewsReleases/1992/Nov/b_gobble.html > though a piece called "Give Something Back to the Environment."
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade <http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm >
features photos from previous parades, historical information, parade route, etc. for all ages but the youngest students.
We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!
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