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Educational Thanksgiving History Learning Guide

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Thanksgiving History

* Thanksgiving history of the pilgrims were apart of the Puritan movement in England during the 17th century.
* They were persecuted for their religious beliefs and decide to go to the Americas to create a “shining city on a hill.”
* When the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, they landed on the rocky shores of a territory that was inhabited by the Wampanoag Indians.
* The Wampanoag were part of the Algonquian-speaking peoples.
* One year later The Pilgrims were not in good condition. They were living in dirt-covered shelters, there was a shortage of food, and nearly half of them had died during the winter.
* The Wampanoag gave the Pilgrims the help they needed. By spring the settlement was doing much better.
* They gave a feast in thanks of their survival and for the Wampanoag who taught them how to live in the harsh conditions.
* The Pilgrims learned how to cultivate corn and other new vegetables and how to build Indian-style houses.
* For three days the Wampanoag feasted with the Pilgrims. It was a special time of friendship between two very different groups of people.
* A peace and friendship agreement was made between Massasoit the Wampanoag chief and Miles Standish the puritan governor. Whoa now we celebrate with Thanksgiving Decorations and stuff ourselves with yummy chow.

Free Thanksgiving Game

CREEPERS SLAMMERS: Good for large groups too! Sitting at a table, having people on either side of you and across from you. Divide your group into two teams. One team at a time takes a turn passing a quarter under the table carefully so that the people across from you on the other team can't see where the quarter is. Then at any time the other team that doesn't have the quarter tells you to stop! They either yell "CREEPERS", All the people on the team that has the quarter must bring both hands up on the table and slowly try to open their hands with their palms down trying not to allow the quarter to drop loudly. The opposite team tries to guess where the quarter is. If the opposite team calls "SLAMMERS" then everyone on your team brings their hands up quickly slamming them down with palms down and open. The other team tries to guess who has the quarter. Just take turns until you are tired of playing. It is a lot of fun and everyone can join in. The winner is the team with least number of guesses to find the quarter. Team up the guests of all ages to play Printable Thanksgiving Party Games.

Thanksgiving Ideas

BUTTON BATTLE: There are 2 players in this game. Each of them takes 12 big buttons - "soldiers" and 1 button - "an officer". Usually the players choose the most beautiful buttons for "the officers". Besides, each player takes a metal button - a bat. The players form up the lines of their buttons opposite each other at the distance of 2 or more meters. The distance between the buttons in the lines must be about the size of the bat. "The officers" are put at some distance behind the lines. The players put the bat in turn, trying to knock out "the soldiers" of the line. The button which considerably advances the line is considered to be knocked out. The defter players usually consider the overturned buttons to be knocked out. The knocked out "soldiers" are "the captives" of the player who knocked out them. The player who manages to knock out the rival's "officer" takes half of the rival's "soldiers". The game is over when one of the players has more soldiers by four than his/her rival. Don't stop the fun enjoy Printable Thanksgiving Party Games.

Printable Thanksgiving Criss Cross Puzzle

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