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Thanksgiving Lesson Ideas

5 Interdisciplinary Activities Help Students Learn about & Celebrate Thanksgiving

from  Education World®

1. 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.
    
2. Thanksgiving Placements: A Community Service Project            
   Work with your local shelter, food kitchen, or nursing home to brighten everybody's Thanksgiving.
    
3. Thanksgiving Feast
   Grades 3-5 and 6-8 read charts and learn where Thanksgiving foods are grown.
    
4. Thanksgiving Science Experiment
   This plant-growing experiment for grades preK-5 shows how Squanto helped the early settlers.
    
5. Popcorn History    
   Did the Pilgrims eat popcorn during the first Thanksgiving? Research/create a timeline of the history of popcorn.
   

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