History of Thanksgiving

Match

Match the following

• The founding father who wanted the Turkey to be America's national bird

• Considered a luxury bird, bird of courage, ended up being Thanksgiving main dish

• National bird that was considered lazy and decietful

• An amino acid in food that can make people sleepy

Benjamin Franklin

Turkey

Bald Eagle

Tryptophan

• Benjamin Franklin

• Turkey

• Bald Eagle

• Tryptophan

Match

Match the following

• 3,600 calories

• 2,000 calories

• 4,500 calories

Average Calory intake for Americans

"Healthy limit" of calories per day

Average Thanksgiving Calory intake

• Average Calory intake for Americans

• "Healthy limit" of calories per day

• Average Thanksgiving Calory intake

Multiple Choice

True/False:

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True/False:

The day before Thanksgiving is one of the top 3 busiest travel days of the year.

• True

• False

Categorize

Options (9)

Christian fasting was the first version of Thanksgiving

George Washington signed a Thanksgiving day acknowledgement

Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to be an annual national holiday

The Pilgrims/Indians started the 1st official Thanksgiving

Turkey was the first official main dish for Thanksgiving

Roosevelt made Thanksgiving a legal/federal holiday in 1941

Thanksgiving has always been a legal/federal holiday

Thanksgiving was meant to celbrate the harvest season, not religion

Roosevelt cared about the integrity of Thanksgiving

Organize these Thanksgiving history details into facts and myths about the holdiay's origins:

Facts

Myths

Partially Fact

Partially Myth

Reorder

Reorder the following Thanksgiving traditions as time has moved on:

• Gathering of family and friends for m

• Establishing the holdiay nation-wide,

• Thanksgiving Parade in New York City<

• Military Thanksgiving celebrations

• Football games on Thanksgiving

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