Thanksgiving Part 1

What does the traditional Thanksgiving story taught to kids say about the first contact Wampanoag had with Europeans?

• The pilgrims were the Wampanoag's first contact with Europeans.

• The Wampanoag had encountered Europeans many times before the pilgrams arrived.

• They didn't talk about the Wampanoag's first contact.

• The Wampanoag's never met Europeans.

Who is the Pilgram who is famous for documentation of the first thanksgiving in his journal?

• Christopher Columbus

• George Washington

• William Bradford

• Harry Potter

William Bradford's role in the community was as a(n)...

• Indentured servant from Europe

• Governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts

• European farmer in the colonies

• Software engineer for tech companies

What was the Thanksgiving dinner in celebration of in 1621?

• Celebrate Pilgrams' new colony

• Celebrate an especially good harvest

• Celebrate the Pilgrams' relationship with the Wampanoag

• Celebrate the invention of text to speech. Yay for never needing to know how to spell!

Why did the Pilgrams invite the Wampanoag to join the first Thanksgiving dinner?

• They were passing by during the dinner and the Pilgrams decided to share

• They helped the Pilgrams learn how to hunt and fish

• They helped the Pilgrams learn how to gather edible food in the region

• The Pilgrams invited everyone in the area by creating a Facebook event

According to the Smithsonian video, the history of the Wampanoag's first interactions with Europeans started...

• At least 50 and perhaps as much as 100 years prior to the Pilgram's arrival

• When the Pilgrams arrived at Plymouth

• When Englishman, Dutch, French, traders, fisherman and enslavers came before the Pilgrams

• When Europeans first flew via private jet to Plymouth in 1412

What was the name for people that kidnapped Native Americans?

• Slave keepers

• Aristocrats

• Statesmen

• Tansatlantic slavers

When did Squanto learn English?

• When he decided to live with the Pilgrams so that he could serve as an interpreter for his tribe

• When he travelled north to Canada and met some Europeans before the PIlgram's settled in Plymouth

• He learned English over a long period of time as the Wampanoag got to know the Pilgram's after their arrival

• Transatlantic slavers took him to England and he learned English

Squanto's real name was...

• Tisquantum (pronounced: ti-skwon-tuhm)

• Hobomok (pronounced: Hobe-uh-mock)

• Massassoit (pronounced: mas-sas-oit)

• Squanto was his real name