Focus on critical thinking skills and exploring various points of view on the popular topic of the first Thanksgiving. This multi-grade lesson plan comes complete with extension activities and a resource guide.
What really happened at the very first Thanksgiving? Look at accounts from the English settler's point of view, the Native American's point of view, and then an objective historian's point of view.
This lesson is designed to take at least 90 minutes, either in one block of time or two separate 45-minute blocks. The extension activities included could easily take this core lesson to a week-long mini-unit.
Let’s take a closer look at everything that comes with this resource!
Thanksgiving Lesson Plans for 4 grade levels (4th, 5th, 6th, + 7th)
Demonstrates the importance of looking at any historical event from different points of view; recognizing that the same event can be experienced and interpreted by different people or groups in a variety of ways.
A complete lesson plan that includes all of the small pieces that you need and administration loves to see, like:
Standards
Accommodations
Remediation
Enrichment
Bloom's Taxonomy
Opening hook
Teaching Procedures
Closure
Activities for extension/homework
Pre-Teaching Guide
The pre-teaching guide provides you with a few different optional pre-teaching ideas. First, some potentially challenging or unknown vocabulary is defined to make the lesson even more effective. Also, some informative videos are linked to provide a bit more background knowledge about the topics that are discussed throughout the lesson. These are not required to be used and are just meant to provide options for you depending on your students’ needs!
Resource Guide
This guide provides some additional picture book and video suggestions to emphasize each of the points of view discussed throughout the lesson. The picture books are highly recommended, but videos are provided as well to give you more options. Each point of view does require one of the resource options, however, so keep that in mind.
2 Reading Passages with Question Sets
Digital version included
“How Thanksgiving is Also a Day of Mourning”
This passage recognizes and explores the idea that Thanksgiving is a negative holiday for those with different perspectives on the holiday. This passage also comes with 3 multiple-choice questions and 1 short-answer question, as well as an answer key.
“Plymouth County and the Local Wampanoag People”
This text informs the reader about the relationship between the settlers and the Wampanoag people. This passage also comes with 3 multiple-choice questions and 1 short-answer question, as well as an answer key.
Gratitude Brainstorming Activity
Digital version included
This extension activity prompts students to think about and recognize the things, people, and places in their lives that they are grateful for. There are 16 different specific prompts that guide students in recognizing those aspects of gratitude.
Overlapping Points of View Venn Diagrams
Digital version included
3 different Venn diagram options provide an extension activity that prompts students to compare and contrast the 3 different points of view discussed throughout the lesson.
Thanksgiving Interpretations
Digital version included
This jam-packed PDF is meant to be used by students during the presentation of the 3 different “sources” chosen by you, the teacher (see the ‘Resource Guide section above)! This portion includes differentiation pages: Pages 1 and 2 include a blank note-taking page and 4 critical thinking questions for more advanced learners, while pages 3 and 4 provide a more guided note-taking option and 3 critical thinking questions with more support.
And that's it! With our First Thanksgiving Lesson Plan + Teacher's Guide, education transcends traditional storytelling, inviting students and educators alike into a realm of inquiry, discussion, and discovery. By dissecting the popular narrative of the first Thanksgiving, this innovative lesson plan not only augments historical comprehension but also fosters a vibrant culture of inquiry and critical discourse in the classroom.
Prepare to dismantle the monolith of historical narratives and inspire a generation of curious, critical thinkers, ever ready to delve beneath the surface and explore the myriad hues of history.
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