Thanksgiving Resources

• The First Thanksgiving
  (Scholastic)

• You are the Historian: What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? (Plimoth Plantation)

• Mayflower History (printable children's book)

Arts and Crafts

1. Enchanted Learning Thanksgiving Crafts

2. Make a Papier Mache Bowl

3. Pilgrim Hat for Boys

4. Pilgrim Hat for Girls

5. The Pilgrim's Voyage -
   A Map and the Mayflower

6. Thanksgiving Crafts at DLTK

7. Thanksgiving Village Paper Crafts

8. Turkey Origami

Clip Art

1. ABKL Designs

2. Awesome Clipart for Kids

3. Stacey's Place

4. Thanksgiving Clipart at NetTrekker

Online Activities

1. A Pilgrim's Journey: A Child's View (WebQuest)

2. Ben and Jerry's Thanksgiving

3. BrainPop Movie about the First Thanksgiving

4. Journey into History- Voyage of the Mayflower

5. Pilgrim Life Adventure WebQuest (gr. 2-3)

6. Plimoth for Kids

7. Virtual tour of Plimoth Plantation

History

1. Interview with Pilgrim Elinor Billington

2. Interview with Pilgrim Elizabeth Hopkins

3. Interview with Pilgrim John Howland

4. Interview with Pilgrim Priscilla Mullins

5. Interview with Pilgrim William Brewster

6. Mayflower Ship Diagram

7. Pilgrim Clothing 

8. Pilgrim Hall Museum

9. The Pilgrim Story

10. The Plymouth Colony Archive Project (Grades 4-5)

11. Plymouth Colony History and biographies of pilgrims

Lesson Plans, Units,
and Activities

1. Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast Lesson Plan (grades 4-8)

2. Stats about Thanksgiving 2002 (U.S. Census Bureau)

3. Turkey Facts

4. Thanksgiving Story Starters, Forms, Activities

Printable Pages

1. ABC Teach Printables

2. DLTK's Thanksgiving

3. Jan Brett - Thanksgiving Bookmarks

4. Pilgrim Pilgrim Booklet

5. Sailing on the Mayflower Game (Publisher)

6. Thanksgiving Napkin Rings You Can Make

7. Thanksgiving Thanks (writing paper)

8. Turkey Pattern Activity

9. Turkey Poetry - Shape Writing Paper

10. Writing Paper

Songs, Poetry, 
and Stories

1. Over the River and Through the Woods (song + music background)

2. Pumpkin Patch (poems by second graders)