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Lesson Plans - 5th Grade

Thanksgiving Then And Now

Create a Venn diagram to compare the Pilgrim’s “First Thanksgiving” with today’s Thanksgiving celebration.

You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving

Learn the truth about the “First Thanksgiving.”

Thanksgiving Feast (Read the Charts)

Read a chart to learn more about where the foods in your family’s Thanksgiving feast were grown.

Thanksgiving Placemats: A Community- Service Project

Work with your local shelter, food kitchen, or nursing home to brighten everybody’s Thanksgiving.

The Telling: A Thanksgiving Story

With the use of literature, students compare and contrast different points of view on the first Thanksgiving.