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Games, songs, art projects, and miscellaneous ideas appropriate for use with preschoolers.
www.perpetualpreschool.com
The Fourth World Documentation Project: A Factual Rebuttal
Caleb Johnson's response, which drew the attention of the New York Times in 1998, to the popular Thanksgiving lesson plan series.
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Elementary school teachers provides a list of children's books related to Thanksgiving. Also features more than two dozen classroom activities related to Thanksgiving. [Graphics intensive.]
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Are You Teaching the Real Story of Thanksgiving?
This article from Education World examines how Thanksgiving is commonly portrayed in the classroom and encourages teachers to look at the holiday from a Native American perspective.
www.education-world.com
A reach beyond the myths of Thanksgiving to some degree of historic truth. A historical perspective for teachers and their students.
www.2020tech.com
Thanksgiving Resources on the Web for Educators
Curriculum materials for Thanksgiving.
www.midgefrazel.net
Thanksgiving Mini-Unit for Third Grade
Mini-Unit teaching students about Native American culture and the journey of the pilgrims.
www.ed.uiuc.edu
Thanksgiving lesson plan focusing on language and art. Helps children become aware of the things they are thankful for.
www.kinderart.com
Lesson plan promoting open dialogue of what the children are thankful for while exploring different textures, shapes and colors.
www.kinderart.com
Single lesson plan appropriate for younger ESL/EFL students focuses on vocabulary related to Thanksgiving and the history of the holiday.
www.everythingesl.net
Cross-curricular lesson plans and supplemental resources for teaching K-12 students about the people who celebrated the first Thanksgiving.
www.teachervision.com
Holidays and Celebrations: Thanksgiving
Links for Thanksgiving in Canada, the United States, and around the world for students and teachers.
www.stemnet.nf.ca
TeacherLink: A Celebration of Gratitude
Assisting educators in teaching children gratitude. This is done by teaching lessons centered around the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu
Celebrating Thanksgiving at The Holiday Zone
Seasonal crafts, songs and fingerplays, language arts activities, educational games, discussion topics, reading comprehension exercises, and poetry.
www.theholidayzone.com
Thanksgiving: A History of Today's Celebration
Thanksgiving history lesson for fourth through sixth grades.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu