Students will:
Compare and contrast native americans and pilgrims.
Understand pioneers and the difficulties they faced
Compare and contrast life as a pilgrim boy/girl versus a child's life today
We will read the book, Me on the Map, and discuss how there are faraway places that are not included in our own community. This book will help us to understand how vast our world really is.
Pilgrim Lesson 1
Pilgrim Lesson 2
Thanksgiving Lesson
November Writing Lessons for 1st and 2nd grade
1st Grade:
1.2 Describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.
1.3 Understand the significance of our national holidays and the heroism and achievements of the people associated with them.
1.5 Understand the ways in which American Indians and immigrants have helped define Californian and American culture.
2nd Grade:
2.3 Describe the ways in which groups and nations interact with one another to try to resolve problems in such areas as trade, cultural contacts, treaties, diplomacy, and military force.
by Susan D. Anderson
I'm thankful for my mother, and
I'm thankful for my dad.
I'm thankful for my sisters, and
for all the fun we've had.
I'm thankful for my brother, Tom,
(even when he's jerky.)
But most of all, I'm oh-so-thankful
not to be a turkey.
The Pilgrims came
The Pilgrims came across the sea,
And never thought of you and me;
And yet it's very strange the way
We think of them Thanksgiving day.
We tell their story, old and true
Of how they sailed across the blue,
And found a new land to be free
And built their homes quite near the sea.
Every child knows well the tale
Of how they bravely turned the sail
And journeyed many a day and night,
To worship God as they thought right.
I�m Glad I�m Not a Turkey
(Sung to Thank You Mr. Busdriver, I can't think of the real song)
Oh, I�m glad I�m not a turkey
A turkey, a turkey
Oh, I�m glad I�m not a turkey
On Thanksgiving Day
They�ll stuff you and baste you
And then they will taste you.
Oh, I�m glad I�m not a turkey
On Thanksgiving Day
A turkey is a funny bird,
Its head goes wobble, wobble,
All it knows is just one word,
"Gobble, gobble, gobble."
TURKEY IN THE BARNYARD
Turkey in the barnyard, what does he say?
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble all day.
Turkey on the table, what do I say?
Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy all day.
Turkey in my tummy, what do I say?
I ate too much on Thanksgiving Day!
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A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters
A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters
The Story of the Pilgrims by H.L. Ross
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeny
Tapenum's Day : A Wampanoag Indian Boy In Pilgrim Times
by Kate Waters