Thanksgiving

​Thanksgiving

​Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

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​In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

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.​

​History

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​History

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​Squanto, a member of the Pawtuxet tribe, taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants. He also helped the settlers forge an alliance with the Wampanoag, a local tribe, which endured for more than 50 years and remains one of the sole examples of harmony between European colonists and Native Americans. In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony’s Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Now remembered as American’s “first Thanksgiving”—although the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term at the time—the festival lasted for three days.

​Retrieved from: https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving

​Name the activities people do on Thanksgiving according to the video.

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0bofuWCngY

​What do you do that day?

​1- Which food did they eat in the first Thanksgiving feast?

2- Which is the main course? And side dishes?

3- What are the desserts?​

​What can you eat?

​Vocabulary check!

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qNdniX-C1Q