Thanksgiving!

Directions:  Answer the following questions by visiting the website links related to each question.  
                       Write your answers on the page given to you.
                       After you've found the answer, use the "BACK" button to come back to this page.

1.  When was the first Thanksgiving?

2.  How many Wampanoag Indians and colonists were there?

http://www.pilgrimhall.org/f_thanks.htm (use this link to answer question # 1 and #2)

3.  What are some things they ate?
(check out the third paragraph)

http://www.ocls.info/Virtual/FastFacts/fastFactDetails.asp?FastFactsID=91&bhcp=1

4.  Why did the pilgrims and indians celebrate that first Thanksgiving?
(check out the fourth paragraph)

5.  How did they celebrate?
(check out the fifth paragraph)

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/thefirstthanksgiving.htm (use this link to answer questions # 4-5)

6.  Who started Thanksgiving in Canada?  What was he celebrating?

http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/thanksgiving.htm (use this link to answer question # 6)

7.  How is the way YOU celebrate Thanksgiving different from the first Thanksgiving?

Cool Links

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/