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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

America celebrates Thanksgiving Day today.

Although the holiday has been celebrated for over 200 years, the fourth Thursday of November didn’t become the official Thanksgiving Day until 1941, when Franklin Roosevelt signed the holiday into Federal law for the first time. Up until that time, the date had been in flux.

An Attitude of Gratitude: A PowerPoint About Being Thankful

Students think “outside the box” to identify unusual things they’re thankful for, and then use digital content (audio, images, movies…) to represent those things on a PowerPoint slide.

Say “Thank You” in 100 Languages!

Put the “Thanks” back in Thanksgiving with this geography and language activity that teaches students to say “thank you” in many languages.

Putting Turkey On a Table (Or a Graph)

Put turkey on a table (or a graph)! Show turkey population, production, and consumption statistics.

Thanksgiving Then And Now

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