Thanksgiving

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1-3

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

What are we going to learn today?

• Goals
•  Drag and drop
• Thanksgiving video with questions
• Black Friday
• Real history of Thanksgiving
• Assignments

Goals

At the end of the lesson, you will have a better knowledge about, Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

What we learn from many 

an American series/ sitcom/ etc....

Thanksgiving

Halloween

St. Patrick's day

Homecoming

Super bowl

The 4th of July

The story.....

- Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620 to seek religious freedom

- Ship Mayflower 

- Wampanoag tribe helped them

- Things improved > time for a feast!

- Whole group + Wanpanoag celebrated for 3 days

- What a nice day to celebrate! Right?

Thanksgiving started with a feast in 1621 when English Pilgrims and Native Americans came together to celebrate a successful harvest in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Pilgrims, who had settled in the New World seeking religious freedom, faced a challenging first winter. The Native Americans, particularly the Wampanoag tribe, helped them learn essential farming and survival skills.

In the fall of 1621, after a good harvest, the Pilgrims organized a three-day feast to give thanks for their blessings and to express gratitude to the Native Americans who had assisted them. This event is often considered the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Over time, Thanksgiving became an annual tradition in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It evolved into a day for people to come together with family and friends, share a special meal, and express gratitude for the positive aspects of their lives.

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Pardoning the Turkeys

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Why Thanksgiving Is Also a National Day of Mourning

It’s important to know that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning and protest since it commemorates the arrival of settlers in North America and the centuries of oppression and genocide that followed.

The Real History of Thanksgiving

The mainstream version of the Thanksgiving story paints a picture of courageous, Christian settlers, braving the perils of the New World and with the help of some friendly Natives, finding a way to make a new life for themselves.

But what about the massacres of Native tribes like the Pequot that took place in the years that followed. What is often not mentioned either is  that English settlers robbed Wampanoag graves and stole food from them in order to survive during their first years on this new continent.

Here’s a look at some of the reasons why Thanksgiving is a complex holiday, and one that all Americans should approach with greater sensitivity.

Thanksgiving

What does Black Friday have to do with Thanksgiving?

Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of America's Christmas shopping season 

Black Friday

Black Friday has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.

Retailers write Black instead of red numbers. Hence the name Black Friday. 

Discuss

So, we've learned some things about Thanksgiving and about Black Friday.

I will now put you into small groups for approximately 5 minutes. In your groups, discuss what you think is the most important  day of the two days. Or the most fun, or the most valuable.... Remember, in your opinion, so there is no wrong answer! But you do need to explain your choice to the members of your group and have a friendly chat about it. In English!!

Ps. I will pop in and listen in for a bit :)

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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