Discover the meaning of Columbus Day and/or Thanksgiving by creating art from food. This activity focuses on making edible ships using easy to find food items. The class will investigate the journeys that were taken for either of these...

A quintessential resource for teaching an elementary unit on the first Thanksgiving addresses a variety of skills, including informational reading, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting facts, technology tools, and historical...

Students watch streaming video, Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving, define and discuss acrostic poetry, complete circle map using words associated with Thanksgiving, and create acrostic Thanksgiving poems to be typed in Microsoft Word...

Students create a Thanksgiving writing piece. In this holiday lesson, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.

Students share with the class what they are thankful for. In this Thanksgiving lesson, students create place-mats for Thanksgiving. Students discuss ways we honor and celebrate Thanksgiving. They then make a list of things they are...

Students make a Thanksgiving meal based on the nutrition of the colony they were assigned. In this nutrition lesson plan, students' parents come in to taste the food after the students explain their colony to them.

Learners explore the First Thanksgiving. In this U.S. history lesson, students read about the Pilgrims and Native Americans and discuss how they obtained and prepared food. Learners develop a possible first Thanksgiving menu and draw a...

Students explore holidays by participating in class singing activities. In this Thanksgiving history lesson, students discuss the importance of Thanksgiving Day and read several poems which discuss the history of Thanksgiving. Students...

Young scholars explain the origins of Thanksgiving. As a class, they list all the meanings, stories, and images that come into their minds when they hear the word "Thanksgiving." After reading about Thanksgiving, pairs of students create...

Pupils explore why Thanksgiving is celebrated. In this cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to the book Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, and complete the sentence frame "I am thankful for ____." Pupils practice phonemic...

Second graders create individual "thankful" felt squares for use in a large classroom Thanksgiving quilt that can be put together using glue or hot glue. This great holiday lesson is based upon the book "Thanksgiving" by Miriam Nerlove.

Students work cooperatively to create a classroom thanksgiving tree in this November art lesson plan for the elementary classsroom. Included with the lesson plan is a short resource list of books that contain more Thanksgiving craft...

Students read books, make turkey hands, eat gingerbread cookies, and more to learn about Thanksgiving. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students also write what they are thankful for.

Students examine common Thanksgiving foods employing counting, singing, and discussion. Students sing "We Eat Turkey" and discuss what their families eat. Students will then be asked to create and plate of Thanksgiving food and count and...

Students explore painting.  In this Thanksgiving art lesson, students trace their hands on 4 cloth napkins sent from home and use fabric paint to decorate them as hand print turkeys.

First graders identify what a pilgrim is and what it was like to travel on The Mayflower. They are read, If You Sailed on The Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern

Students examine the characteristics of a pilgrim. They discover what it was like traveling on the Mayflower as well. They create their own Mayflowers and share them with the class.

Fifth graders become familar with the pilgrims and first Thanksgiving through essays about important people of the time.  In this Thanksgiving lesson, 5th graders choose an important figure from the time of the Pilgrims and write a...

Students sing a Thanksgiving song called "Five Fat Turkeys." In this holiday lesson, students create a Turkey acrostic poem then memorize and sing a turkey song. Students will focus on singing on key, pitch , and seeping a steady...

Students trace their hands and cut them out, write one thing they are thankful for on each hand, and share them with the class.

Students examine the uniqueness of their family. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop social awareness, creative thinking, and fine-motor skills as they complete an activity regarding their families.

Students discuss and list the things they are thankful for this year. They look for these words or things in magazines. They create a placemat with their pictures or words from the magazines. They share them with the class.

Young scholars experience Colonial life and explore the customs of the 17th century. In this colonial America lesson plan, students play dress up, barter items, author pledges, and review 17th century etiquette.

Kids create a clown out of shapes. They work to show emotions while practicing their drawing skills. Pupils use circles, triangles, squares, oil pastels, and their imagination to draw, color, and decorate a sad or happy clown. Tip: Have...