Thanksgiving

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3rd Grade:
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A list of at least 5 foods they had at the FIRST Thanksgiving. The year of the first Thanksgiving. Who was at the first T-Giving? (what 2 groups of people) Why did they have the big feast? Which president made it an official holiday, and in what year? The Pilgrims arrived on what ship? What town/ state was the location for the first T-Giving? How long did the feast last? Who were the 2 people that were leaders during the feast? Who wanted our national bird to be a turkey? HERE is a good resource.

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2nd grade T-Giving

Thanksgiving clip art

Hi 3rd grade! Use this menu to make the menu that was actually at the first Thanksgiving! You should also include:

The list of foods that they had at the feast (the foods are listed below in RED! The year was 1621. The feast lasted 3 days. The Plymouth Colonists and 90 Wampanoag Native Americans were there. They celebrated a very good growing season.


 * //__ What was eaten at the very first Thanksgiving?? Read below to find out! You may be surprised... __//**

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. (Thanks to the History Channel for this valuable info.)

On the first Thanksgiving "menu", were five deer, a large number of turkeys and waterfowl, cod, and bass; plus the harvest, which consisted of wheat, corn, barley, and perhaps a few peas. To that list, we can add a few additional things that are known to have been native to the area and eaten by the Pilgrims: clams, mussels, lobster, eel, ground nuts, acorns, walnuts, chestnuts, squashes, and beans. Fruits and berries such as strawberries, raspberries, grapes, and gooseberries were available growing wild. Pilgrim house-gardens may have included a number of English vegetables and herbs, perhaps things like onions, leeks, sorrel, yarrow, lettuce, carrots, radishes, currants, liverwort, watercress, and others **.** It is unlikely much in the way of supplies brought on the Mayflower survived, such as Holland Cheese, olive oil, butter, salt pork, sugar, spices, lemons. It appears the Pilgrims **__may__ have had some chickens** with them, so likely had access to a limited number of **eggs**. No mention of swine is found in any account of the first year. They did not have any goats or cattle: the first of those arrived on the ship Annein 1623.

The old "Popcorn Myth" would have us believe the Indians introduced the Pilgrims to popcorn at this Thanksgiving: but the Indian corn they grew was of the Northern Flint variety, which does not pop well. It was parched to make a simple snack, and the Indians sometimes ground it up and mixed it with strawberries for a cake-like desert. Potatoes and sweet potatoes had not yet been introduced to New England.

The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag Indians and the Wampanoag chief, Massasoit, was also invited there. The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.

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[] Pictures of 1st Tgiving.

[] Some info on the first Thanksgiving- 1621.

[] Another source that lists some of the food on the menu.

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