The First Thanksgiving Activities Comparing Then And Now Thematic Unit 1st Grade

Description

These first Thanksgiving activities will take your students on a step back in time as they learn about Pilgrim life long ago.  Your class will love spending the day in the life of a pilgrim as they travel from station to station learning about the daily life of a pilgrim boy and girl.

Included in this resource are 8 different stations where students will learn about the different chores and activities of a pilgrim child. These hands-on activities can be taught as separate lessons or set up this resource as an engaging Thanksgiving event in your classroom.

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Included in this resource:

• Station 1 – The pilgrims wrote with a feather quill. – Students will practice writing their name using a feather quill and fancy letters.
• Station 2 – The pilgrims made quilts. – Students will each make a paper quilt square and then put them all together to make a friendship quilt.
• Station 3 – The pilgrims cooked. – Students will help make pumpkin pie and then show the sequence of events on the “How To Make Pumpkin Pie” worksheet.
• Station 4 – The pilgrims planted gardens. – Students will plant vegetables in cups and care for them in your classroom garden.
• Station 5 – The pilgrims hunted. – In this write-the-room activity, students will hunt for different animal cards hidden around the room. They will write the name of each animal that they find on their worksheet.
• Station 6 – The pilgrims went fishing – Students will fish for math facts that match the answers on their worksheet.
• Station 7 – The pilgrims built houses. – Students will build miniature pilgrim houses.
• Station 8 – The pilgrims made clothing. – Two options are included for this station. Students can make a pilgrim hat or use lacing cards to practice sewing.

ADDITIONAL ITEMS WILL BE NEEDED FOR THESE ACTIVITIES:

• Large feather
• Pumpkin pie ingredients
• Cups, dirt, seeds
• Mini pretzel sticks
• Dowel rod with magnet “fishing pole” – (optional)

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Here's what people are saying about this resource:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “BEST DAY OF THE YEAR! My students LOVED this. Cannot wait to build on my activities from this year and continue this classroom tradition.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “We loved this resource! It was so much fun doing all of the activities and very easy setup. The kids loved each activity and were engaged in everything. I would highly recommend this resource for a fun pre-Thanksgiving activity.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is probably the most fun and engaging activity I have done so far this year! A huge hit, and super easy to understand. An excellent resource.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! I am not a creative person so I am amazed at the creativity! I also love that it was not time-consuming or expensive to implement these centers and yet these centers are so meaningful! After a week of learning about pilgrims, this was a perfect culminating task to bring it all home!”

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Ideas For Use:

• Use as an introduction to learning about the First Thanksgiving.
• Use these stations to host a family night event about Thanksgiving at school.
• Use as individual activities during your Thanksgiving lessons.
• Use these activities during your lessons about life long ago.
• Use these activities to compare life long ago to today.