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Lesson Plan
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Giving Thanks for Food and Farms

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Sarah Stewart’s The Gardener and Food from Farms by Nancy Dickmann display the importance of community farms. After reading these short picture books, class members draw connections between farms and the food we eat each day. As a...
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Lesson Plan
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Turkey Soup for the Soul

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an article that tells how a young man turned his life around through the help of a local charity. They create inspirational scrapbooks and posters to help motivate their peers when they are facing adversity.
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Worksheet
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Tom Turkey

For Students 1st
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, 1st graders read the short directions to create a turkey with their hands and then color the turkey.
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Lesson Plan
Education World

Putting Turkey on a Table (or a Graph)

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
Grateful learners put turkey on a table (or a graph)! Through a creative project they show statistical information about turkey population, production, and consumption. A great Thanksgiving lesson that can be applied at any time to the...
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PPT
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Learning About America

For Teachers 1st
Each slide has a grid to be filled in by a student or team. In order to have that spot active, the student must answer a question about the general history of America and national holidays correctly. There are 10 pages, and each has...
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Writing
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Printable Story Starter: The Arrival

For Students 3rd - 4th
A creative writing prompt about the arrival of a boat after a long journey helps students to continue the story by providing the two opening sentences. Students compose the middle and ending of the story. This prompt could be used in the...
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Lesson Plan
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Turkey Feather Writing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a Thanksgiving writing piece. In this holiday lesson plan, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.
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Worksheet
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Author’s Purpose Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this author's purpose worksheet, students read a few sentences about a book and then answer short answer questions about the author's purpose. Students complete 12 questions.
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Lesson Plan
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I Am Thankful

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students trace their hands and cut them out, write one thing they are thankful for on each hand, and share them with the class.
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Writing
Starfall

Silly Turkey

For Students K - 2nd
Scholars write a few sentences about their favorite book in this writing activity. Then, students can color the pictures of the turkey and trees at the top of the page.
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Lesson Plan
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Feeding the Soul

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share memories of a special meal. They research, write and peer edit a newspaper column about a favorite food associated with Thanksgiving (or other holiday or celebration).
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Lesson Plan
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Feast For 10

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the book "Feast For 10" by Cathryn Falwell. They read the book and follow the recipe for pumpkin pie from the story. Students then write about their cooking experience,...
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Lesson Plan
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Kids Collect LEGOs for New Orleans

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Young scholars read and discuss a news article about children that collected 1.5 million LEGO bricks for kids in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. They complete a fill-in-the blank activity, answer article comprehension questions,...
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Worksheet
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How Many Turkey Legs?

For Students Pre-K - K
In this math worksheet, student are asked to count the turkey legs. There are 5 of them. Students are then asked to color one of them.
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Lesson Plan
University of Northern Iowa

Additional Folklife Information

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Use a packet packed with ideas for how to celebrate the traditions of your country, state, community, and pupils's families. Suggestions for how to draw on oral and material traditions, customs, beliefs, music, and stories all find a...
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Worksheet
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Turkey

For Students K - 1st
In this turkey worksheet, students trace the word turkey, color a picture of a turkey, and write a sentence. Students complete 3 activities for the turkey.
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Lesson Plan
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Family Reunion

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students plan and carryout a family reunion to build family relationships. In this family relationships lesson, students examine ways to build family relations by planning a family reunion. Students use the reunion forms to help them...
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Interactive
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Fall Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive fall learning exercise, students examine 20 season-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters. This learning exercise may also be printed for classroom use.
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Worksheet
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Fall-Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this fall worksheet, students alphabetize a set of 16 fall related words. Worksheet has links to additional activities and a link for answers.
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Lesson Plan
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A Day Full of Popcorn

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars use the "tool" popcorn with activities in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, P.E., Music, Art, Science and EATING.
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Lesson Plan
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When is a Block, not a Block?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. In this stamped art lesson, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.
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Lesson Plan
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Clowning Around: Drawing

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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Lesson Plan
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Winter Crayon Resists

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In need of a quick art project to chase away those winter blues? In just six steps you'll know how to instruct learners on creating winter scenes using crayon resist. 
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Lesson Plan
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We Are Family

For Teachers K
Students participate in a class discussion about their family structures. Students also discuss the family diversity of their peers and others in the world. They investigate family habits, family history, values and traditions their...