Thanksgiving


 * __Thanksgiving__**

History Channel History of Thanksgiving Video media type="custom" key="11233464"

History Channel Mayflower Video media type="custom" key="11233494"

History Channel Mayflower Deconstructed Video media type="custom" key="11233532"

Read Write Think Lesson plan utilizing the book, Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving []

Thanksgiving Interactive: You are the Historian []

Beyond Pilgrim Hats: Meaningful and Critical Ideas for Teaching Thanksgiving http://montgomerysa.edublogs.org/
 * [|Sarah Hale's Letter to President Lincoln] requesting Thanksgiving become a national holiday

History Channel Thanksgiving Become a Holiday Video (the Sarah Hale story) media type="custom" key="11233524"

Thanksgiving Primary Source Set: Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/thanksgiving/

Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving (Student activities for grades K-12) http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms (the famous Thanksgiving portrayal and background info) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm142.html

History.org Teaching About Thanksgiving Resources http://teachinghistory.org/spotlight/thanksgiving