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American Myths The First Thanksgiving ELA Social Studies Thanksgiving Lesson

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9th - 12th
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Description

A holiday lesson suitable for ELA or social studies high school classrooms about the origins of Thanksgiving, the real "first thanksgiving", and the common myths surrounding the holiday.

Students will learn the true history of the "First Thanksgiving" and how/why the holiday developed into what it is today in this fact or fiction lesson. Six fact or fiction questions challenge students to reconsider what they know about Thanksgiving.


What’s Included:

  • 50 Slide PPT
  • Warm up question
  • Compare and contrast writing practice
  • 6 Thanksgiving history fact or fiction questions
  • Suggested media links

What You'll Love:

  • No-prep 50 slide PowerPoint
  • Six Thanksgiving fact or fiction questions
  • Compare and contrast writing practice
  • Easy, educational Thanksgiving lesson
  • Made for middle and high school kids
  • Great for Social Studies or English classrooms

Skills You'll Find in This Lesson:

  • Short answer questions
  • Writing
  • Listening
  • Compare and contrast


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Total Pages
50 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Standards

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Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.
Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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