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Snapshot of Thanksgiving

Directions: Use books, encyclopedias, and online resources to find the answers to the questions. Then find five interesting facts that you didn’t already know.

1. When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________

2. What President made Thanksgiving a national holiday? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________

3. Name 3 foods that were probably eaten at the first Thanksgiving? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________ 4. Name 2 people who attended the first Thanksgiving? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________

5. When was Thanksgiving first celebrated? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________ 6. Why did the Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________ 7. Which was the first state to adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________ 8. When was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________ 9. What college teams played in the first Thanksgiving Day football game? ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________ 10. Unique/Interesting Fact ____________________________________________________________ Circle your resource: book website encyclopedia online encyclopedia Title/Website _______________________________________________________page __________

Answers:

1. 1863 (Although in previous years, Thanksgiving was declared by Presidents, it was celebrated on various days and had to be declared each year.)

2. President Lincoln (declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in hopes of bringing a war torn country together.)

3. Clams, fish, corn, berries, nuts, onions, beans, spinach, cabbage, deer. (There may or may not have been turkey and probably no potatoes either!)

4. Governor Bradford, Tisquantum (Some believe that no women were there!) 5. 1621 6. They were so happy with their first corn crop. They were thankful to have

survived the first, harsh winter in the new world. 7. New York 8. 1924 9. Rutgers and Princeton 10. student’s choice

Notes to Teacher: The purpose of this activity is to teach students how to find information from various sources. You may want to set parameters for students on how many of each type of resource they can use. For example, I only allowed students to use a website for two questions on any one scavenger hunt. This way, students get out of the habit of just ‘Googling’ something. I also required that students use at least one book, one real bound encyclopedia, one online encyclopedia (my school subscribed to Grolier), and one website. The purpose of questions 9 and 10 is to encourage students to think of their own research questions and/or notice interesting information in their research.

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