Thanksgiving

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

What are we going to learn today?

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

Goals

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

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving

Halloween

St. Patrick's day

Homecoming

Super bowl

The 4th of July

00:30

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

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

01:24

Thanksgiving Day became a(n) _______________ holiday in the 19th century.

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

01:40

This traditional pie is made of ______

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

02:38

When is Thanksgiving celebrated?

1. First Thursday of November.
2. Fourth Thursday of November.
3. First Tuesday of November.
4. Fourth Tuesday of November.

01:40

__________ potatoes is also served at Thanksgiving.

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

0

In 1924 Macy's department store started their ..................

1. Thanksgiving sale
2. Thanksgiving parade
3. Thanksgiving feast
4. Thanksgiving harvest

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

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

00:10

What's the name of the turkey?

00:23

According to the president, the turkey knew it was getting pardoned

1. True
2. False

00:36

How many turkeys do the farmers have

1. 9.2 million
2. 9.4 million
3. 9 million
4. 9.5 million

The most traditional food of Thanksgiving is

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

Many people eat turkey ____ Thanksgiving.

1. on
2. at
3. in

Writing assignment

I am thankful for.....

Explain why. 

Thanksgiving

What does Black Friday have to do with Thanksgiving?

Drag the words to the right box

Thanksgiving

Black Friday

Neither

Turkey

Gifts

Santa

Sales

America

Dinner

Shopping

Religion

Mall

Crowd

Buying

Advertisement

Corn

Settlers

Family

Native Americans

tradition

Thursday

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. 

Assignment

1.When is Black Friday?

2. Choose a product you would like to buy. Search in three different stores for the price. Write down the price of every store. Which one is the most expensive?

3. What is the best price?  

4. Is your product going to be on sale during Black Friday? 

5. Does this store have Black Friday and when does it start? 

Vocabulary

Translate the following words:

Klanten =

Waarschuwing =

Uitverkoop =

Hysterie =

Druk = 

Extreem = 

Answers

• Klanten = customers
• Waarschuwing = warning
• Uitverkoop =sale
• Hysterie = hysteria
• Druk = busy
• Extreem = extreme

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 :)

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.

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.