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Thanksgiving Day Best-Ever Thanksgiving 
 Collection of recipes and craft and activity ideas for children related to the celebration of Thanksgiving. Includes recipes for turkey, pies and desserts, side dishes, and leftovers. Craft ideas include decorations, tabletop decor, pilgrim hats, toy canoes, and more. From FamilyFun magazine. http://familyfun.go.com/thanksgiving/ Topics: Food & Cooking, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Sep 4, 2009 The First Thanksgiving: Plimoth, 1621
"Find out about the daily lives of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag as you go back to the year of the first Thanksgiving." Features a timeline, information about the Mayflower ship and voyage, a brief description of daily life in 1621 for the Pilgrims and Wampanoag. Also includes images and interiews from historical re-enactments, and a quiz. Includes links to some commercial content. From publisher and media company Scholastic Inc. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/?ESP=Teachers/ib/20081113/awa/sa_thanksgiving_chats_2_5///thlp/tout//// Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Native Americans, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 18, 2008 Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth
This document "assists teachers in preparing lessons about the first Thanksgiving. The study guide includes information on which Native peoples met the first European immigrants in 1621, the harvest celebration, the Wampanoag today, the importance of corn, and instructions on how to make Johnny cakes." From the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Opens into a PDF document. http://americanindian.si.edu/education/files/harvest.pdf Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Holidays by Region, Native Americans, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 9, 2005 Let's Talk Turkey
View Thanksgiving-themed trademarks and patents, such as turkey-calling devices, an apparatus for cranberry harvesting, mechanisms for turkey cooking, and a station for turkey carving. Also includes images of early U.S. patents, and a link to Halloween patent pages. From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's children's pages. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/themes/kidtheme11.htm Topics: Business & Consumer Law, Holidays and Observances Individually, Intellectual Property, Technology Last updated Jan 19, 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This site features images and information about this annual parade held since 1924 in New York City. Includes a brief history, a parade map, parade lineup, images of inflation of the giant balloons, and more. From the official site for New York City tourism. http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Dec 20, 2004 Out of This World Thanksgiving
This essay describes the Thanksgiving experience in space, which usually includes rehydrated turkey and mashed potatoes. Includes historical highlights of Thanksgiving in space, images of the Thanksgiving meal, and a link to more information about space food. From NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/Space_Thanksgiving.html Topics: Astronomy, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays and Observances Individually, Technology Last updated Oct 27, 2004 Plimoth Plantation
This living history center in Plymouth, Massachusetts, re-creates a 1627 Pilgrim village that was "built by English colonists in the midst of the Wampanoag homeland." The site features a virtual tour of the village and a Wampanoag homesite, articles about the colonists and Native Americans, Thanksgiving recipes, and an interactive feature about the first Thanksgiving. Also includes tourist information for Plymouth. http://www.plimoth.org Topics: Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays and Observances Individually, Native Americans, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 16, 2004 Thanksgiving and Remembrance Day
Information about the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Canada, which has been celebrated on the second Monday of October since the 1930s. Also notes that "from 1921 to 1930, the Armistice Day Act provided that Thanksgiving would be observed on Armistice Day." Includes "a list of the dates of the proclamations and observance of General Thanksgiving Days, and reasons therefore" back to 1799. From Canadian Heritage, a division of the Canadian government. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/action-eng.cfm Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Holidays by Region Last updated Sep 22, 2009 Tips for a Stress-free Thanksgiving
"While Thanksgiving is a happy time, full of family, relaxation and reflection, it can also induce stress." This article provides suggestions from Dr. Joyce Brothers about "how families and individuals can best go about keeping their Thanksgiving as stress-free as possible." Ideas include not "fall[ing] back into the parent child roles," "describ[ing] what you're grateful for," and forgiving others. Includes a brief video. From MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10072601/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Nov 23, 2005 U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day
Facts and statistics about turkeys, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, holiday shopping, places named Plymouth, and more. Includes quotes and audio clips, and a brief history of the holiday. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/012692.html Topics: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Nov 18, 2008 |
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