Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S. and Canada on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a time for families to gather, eat traditional foods like turkey and stuffing, and watch football games. The origins of the holiday come from the Pilgrims sharing a feast with Native Americans in 1620 to celebrate survival and their first harvest in Plymouth colony.
5. Travel
• On Thanksgiving we all
try to get together
• It is the busiest travel
weekend of the year!
6. When Families are Together
• We Eat
• We talk
• We watch Football
• We say what we are thankful for
7. What do we eat?
• There are many typical
Thanksgiving Foods
• These are comida tipica
de North America
• Here is the history:
8. 1620
• The Pilgrims sailed from England on the
Mayflower
• The Mayflower is a boat
• They settled in Massachusetts, on Plymouth
Rock
9. Pilgrims and Indians
• The Native Americans helped the Pilgrims
survive the first winter in North America.
• Thanksgiving is a feast to celebrate and to
thank the Indians for their help.
• The foods we eat today are the same foods
that were shared by the Pilgrims and Indians
• Many elementary schools make a play to tell
the story:
