Thanksgiving Virtual Field Trip
Day Five


Mrs. Haley's Fifth Grade
Dawson Elementary
Austin Independent School District


Activities

The Feast!  What is the truth behind this long honored tradition?  Is there more to it than turkey, stuffing and a few football games?
Click on the pictures below to answer that question and the questions that follow.

What are some of the foods that you traditionally eat at Thanksgiving?
How are the foods you listed similar to the foods they ate at the first Thanksgiving?
How are the foods you listed different?
There was a lot of seafood at the 1621 feast, why do you think that is?
List one food that we do not eat during our modern traditional feast, that you might like to try.  Tell me why.
Who invited the Wampanoag to join in the feast?



Click on The "First"
Thanksgiving.





Souvenir


     
Forget the Turkey with all the trimmings.  Design a menu with the real foods of the 1621 Thanksgiving.
Write one that the Pilgrims and the Native People would be able to read.

Have fun!
Be Creative!
Use the Criteria Chart to check your work.



Objectives

Intro.

Teacher

Itinerary

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