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Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum Lesson PlanThinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum Lesson Plan
Publisher
Education World
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Grade
K - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
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Year
2015
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Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum

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This Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum lesson plan also includes:
  • Thanksgiving Then and Now
  • Putting Turkey on a Table (or a Graph)
  • Squanto's Gift: A Thanksgiving Science Lesson
  • Say "Thank You" in 100 Languages
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Bring two integrated curriculum resources about Thanksgiving to an elementary social studies unit. The first activity focuses on Squanto's contributions to the early Pilgrims' survival with a gardening activity in which learners add fish fertilizer. Next, learners work on the second activity, in which they learn different ways to say Thank You around the world.

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Concepts

thanksgiving, Holidays

Additional Tags

thanksgiving, cross-curricular, across disciplines, science

Classroom Considerations

  • See attached lessons for a math application activity, as well as a history lesson about the first Thanksgiving

Pros

  • Resource also contains links to several other Thanksgiving-related online resources
  • Provides all necessary worksheets

Cons

  • None

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Printables

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