Thanksgiving Main idea

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• What the story is mostly about

• the topic

• the character

What is the topic of a text?

• the who or what we are reading about

• the key details that support the main idea

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The central idea is the same as

• key details

• the main idea

• the topic

Before the Pilgrims came to the United States, a Native American group called the Wampanoag lived there. The Wampanoag lived on the East Coast for over 12,000 years. The native people knew the land well and had fished, hunted, and harvested for thousands of generations.

What is the main idea?

• The native people knew the land well.

• The Wampanoag lived on the land before the Pilgrims came.

• There was a Native American group living in America.

The Pilgrims were from England and wanted to get away from the Church of England. Eventually, they received money from England to go and settle in a "New World." With 101 men, women, and children, the Mayflower traveled the ocean for 66 days. They were supposed to land in what we now call New York City but ended up in what we now call Massachusetts.

What is the main idea?

• How and why the Pilgrims went to the United States

• There was 101 men, women and children.

• They got money from England to travel.

The Pilgrims did not know much about the new land and needed help from the Native Americans. Squanto, a Wampanoag, knew English and was able to help the Pilgrims grow corn and hunt for fish. He also taught the Pilgrims how to use fish to fertilize their fields. The Pilgrims were thankful for the Native American's help and began to work together with their people.

What is the main idea?

• The Pilgrims did not know much about the land.

• The Pilgrims learned how to grow corn and fish.

• The Native Americans helped the Pilgrims.

The Native Americans and Pilgrims began preparing a feast for a harvest celebration. They both worked together to hunt deer and prepare foods such as corn, and shellfish. The English and native men, women, and children worked to make the food for the harvest celebration.

What is the main idea?

• The Native Americans and Pilgrims worked together to prepare a feast for a harvest celebration.

• The first Thanksgiving

• The foods were deer, corn, and shellfish.

The Pilgrims and Native American wore clothes that are not what we think! The Pilgrims were thought to wear silver buckles on their shoes and wear black clothing, but that is not true! The Pilgrims clothes were bright and they did not wear silver buckles. The Native Americans did not wear feathers on their heads or blankets on their shoulders. They wear a cloth in between their legs with leggings.

What is the main idea?

• Native Americans did not wear feathers on their heads

• The clothing the Pilgrims and native Americans wore

• The Pilgrims wore bright clothes.

Thanksgiving today is a different than the first Thanksgiving. Today people celebrate thanksgiving to give thanks for all their blessings. They do have a feast but foods like turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and pumpkin pie were probably not served at the first thanksgiving. People have traditions such as playing games, watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and watching football. Though Thanksgiving is celebrated a little different today, it all about being thankful for what you have.

• How we celebrate Thanksgiving today

• People have Thanksgiving traditions

• We eat turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.