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Lesson Plans - By Grade Level

Fall Harvest Cornucopia

Create a festive fall decoration with 3-D paper sculptures of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Fill your horn of plenty with symbols of local produce for an Earth-friendly display.

Packing the Pilgrim’s Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom

Students will

* investigate the Pilgrims—who they were and why they came to America.

* problem solve and evaluate items needed for coming to the New World.

Myth and Truth: The “First Thanksgiving”

By exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the pilgrims, and the “first Thanksgiving,” this lesson asks students to think critically about commonly believed myths regarding the Wampanoag Indians in colonial America.

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.