Thanksgiving & Black Friday!

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 1-4

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

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 (pocahontas), 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.

QUIZ

Lesson goals:

• Learn about Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday
• Learn something about American culture
  

Quiz rules:

• Work in teams of 2 or 3 players
• take notes during the 4-minute video
• Write down your names at the top of the paper
• Answer the questions on your paper
• When the quiz is finished one of the team members hands in the paper ro the teacher, so that the teacher can mark the quiz!
• All questions answered correctly --> 3 plus points per person

                                   But first....

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

1. When is Thanksgiving celebrated in America?

1. first Thursday of November
2. fourth Thursday of November
3. first Tuesday of November
4. fourth Tuesday of November

2. The most traditional food of Thanksgiving is:

1. rabbit
2. pizza
3. glaced ham
4. turkey

3. ____ pie is typical of Thanksgiving

1. Cranberry
2. Corn
3. Bean
4. Pumpkin

4. _____ potatoes is also served at Thanksgiving.

1. Flattened
2. Squashed
3. Crushed
4. Mashed

5. A _____ is a small berry, typically made into a sauce for Thanksgiving.

1. blueberry
2. raspberry
3. cranberry
4. strawberry

6. Congress made Thanksgiving Day a ______________ holiday in 1941.

1. special
2. mandatory
3. legal
4. family

7. The first Thanksgiving Day celebration is thought to have taken place in

1. 1620
2. 1621
3. 1789
4. 1720

8. In which city does the Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?

1. New Orleans
2. New Jersey
3. New York
4. New Hampshire

9. In what year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade organized?

1. 1923
2. 1924
3. 1823
4. 1824

10. On which day is Black Friday this year?

1. 22nd of November
2. 23rd of November
3. 29th of November
4. 1st of December

11.Black Friday is called this way because:

1. after this day many people have little money left, which is called: “being in the black”.
2. all the shopping people create crowded streets, looking as if the streets were black.
3. shops lose a lot of money on this day because they are selling things so cheaply.
4. a lot of shops start to make profits during this day.

Answers:

1. B: the fourth Thursday of November.
2. D: turkey
3. D: pumpkin
4. D: mashed
5. C: cranberry
6. C: mandatory

7. B: 1621

8. C: New York

9. B: 1924

10. A: 24th of November

11. D: a lot of shops start to make profits during this day.

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.

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!