Description
Discover the true story behind the Thanksgiving we celebrate today!
Who lived on the New England coast before the Mayflower arrived? What do we really know about the harvest celebration of 1621? How did one feast become a national holiday? This one-week unit study answers those questions with true stories from history, written to be read aloud and enjoyed.
Recommended for Kâ6
Over five days, children travel from the Wampanoag homeland to the holiday as families keep it today. They meet Samoset, who strode into the Pilgrims’ settlement and said “welcome” in English, and Tisquantum, who journeyed across the ocean and back only to find his village empty. They hold on with John Howland as he is thrown overboard in a storm, and follow Sarah Josepha Hale as she writes letters for years to win a national holiday.
Along the way, students read real words from the past, such as eyewitness letters, a treaty, proclamations, and speeches. They learn to ask the historian’s questions: How do we know? Who wrote this?
Each lesson includes:
- A story-based reading with real historical images
- Lesson audio for independent listening
- Vocabulary words with kid-friendly definitions
- Questions to Think About
The complete unit also includes:
- Activity and lapbook pages
- Coloring pages
- An illustrated timeline
- Discussion questions and “Be a Historian” activities
- A final quiz with answer key
- A Three Sisters Cornbread recipe to make together
Complete one lesson a day for a meaningful week of learning, and watch your child discover how a holiday really came to be.
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