THANKSGIVING ONLINE WORD SCRAMBLE:
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/af-sw-thanks.html

What kinds of foods did the Pilgrims and the Natives share
during their first Thanksgiving dinner? See if your students
can unscramble these words for the answers in this interac-
tive online quiz.

CHALLENGING THANKSGIVING WORDSEARCH:
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/wordfinds/thanksgiving-challenge.html

The timer is on with this online, interactive wordsearch,
and it is a wee bit difficult to find all of the Thanks-
giving-themed words within the allotted minutes.

INTERACTIVE THANKSGIVING CROSSWORD:
http://iteslj.org/cw/1/af-thanks.html

One down: a popular Thanksgiving dessert, three letters
across... That one was easy. Try filling in all defini-
tions in this online Thanksgiving crossword puzzle.

ONLINE THANKSGIVING QUIZ:
http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-3700,00.html

How well do you know your Thanksgiving history? Have your
students try this interactive quiz, with great follow-ups
to each answer giving a bit of trivia on the Pilgrims.
(As always, please ensure all current links are appropri-
ate before allowing student access.)

TALKING TURKEY:
http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,22-3733,00.html

How much did the biggest turkey actually weigh? (You may
well be astounded...) How fast is the wild turkey? Find
these and other turkey trivia to test your students for
the Thanksgiving holiday in this interactive holiday
quiz.

INTERACTIVE PILGRIM PUZZLE:
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/jigsaw-puzzles/pilgrim-indian.html

What did Squanto give to the Pilgrim in this online
Thanksgiving puzzle? Find out by correctly completing
the puzzle; choose from Easy, Medium, or Hard.

The Ultimate Thanksgiving Resource
http://www.teachingheart.net/turkey.html


Teaching About Thanksgiving
http://www.learnnc.org/articles/thanksgiving0704

A TeachersFirst Thanksgiving--2005
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/thanksg.cfm

This site has a long list of Thanksgiving resources.

The First Thanksgiving @ Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/

Beginning with a pictorial time line of 1620–1621, students explore the voyage on the Mayflower, the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, and the events that led up to the harvest feast celebrated by both groups.


WHO WERE THE PILGRIMS?
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/whopilg.htm

Follow along with this online exhibit to discover just ex-
actly who the Pilgrims were, with a discussion of their re-
ligious tenets, their background in Holland, their voyage,
and their possessions they brought on their journey. Pri-
mary documents are included whenever possible on this inter-
active journey. (As always, please ensure all current links
are appropriate before allowing student access.)

DID YOU KNOW CARDS:
http://www.abcteach.com/dykcards/pilgrim.htm

Ask your students to do some research with their parents
this Thanksgiving season, learning something special about
the Pilgrims. They can bring back two cards each with a
written factoid; use these printable "Did You Know?' Pil-
grim cards for the class project and/or bulletin board dis-
play.


THANKSGIVING PRINT AND COLOR:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/color.html

Fill in those minutes before recess, lunches, or holiday
breaks with these printable Thanksgiving coloring pages
for elementary classes.

THANKSGIVING MAZES:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/maze.html

More holiday fun here for younger grades, with printable
mazes on Thanksgiving themes. The Pilgrims have lost a
good deal on their first Thanksgiving it seems, and need
some help to find the turkey, the corn, and their hats.

GARLAND OF THANKS:
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11144

Students can take their crumpled art leaves home for
their own guests to write their notes on, or create a
class garland of thanks to hang on your window. A leaf
template is included for this simple yet very effective
Thanksgiving craft.

TURKEY HATS:
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10441

Send your students home for the Thanksgiving holidays
with this cute art project, made from brown paper bags,
glue sticks, markers, and colored construction paper.

THANKSGIVING ACROSS AMERICA:
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/feature/famf1103_feat_thanks/

Just in case your students think it's all about turkey,
potatoes, and green beans, check out the traditions and
food from these families, all across our country. Then
consider creating your own class or school Thanksgiving
or holiday recipe cookbook, creating a tradition of your
own.

HISTORY CHANNEL:  THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/thanksgiving/

Ever wonder what the pilgrims and their Native American guests
 really ate at the first feast? The truth may surprise you. Contrary 
to popular belief, they didn't sit down to a meal featuring turkey, corn,
cranberries, and pumpkin pie (in fact, they didn't even have forks!). 
Nor did the pilgrims dress exclusively in black and white and show up 
wearing shoes and hats adorned with buckles. So what did they eat and
wear? Travel back to Plymouth and hear from some pilgrims to find out 
what the original celebration was actually like!

NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS FOR THANKSGIVING:
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/nativecrafts.htm

This Thanksgiving, don't leave out the very important in-
fluence of Native Americans in our heritage. One fun way
to introduce your students to indigenous cultures is by
looking at some of their art and crafts. Students can
create their own cornhusk dolls, dreamcatchers, pinch
pots, and more with the instructions at this site.

THANKSGIVING LESSON PLAN:
http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/gobble.php

Download several patterns here to recreate the Pilgrims'
voyage in your elementary classroom. Included are thatched
house and Mayflower templates, as well as a mini Thanks-
giving booklet, with ideas to use all of them in a primary
Thanksgiving theme.

THANKFUL MINI BOOKS:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/results/view.asp?SubjectID=2&SubheadID=6&TopicID=35&GradeID=&PageURL=/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/thankfulbk.pdf

What are your students thankful for? Download and print
out this mini book, where they will consider gratitude in
the everyday aspects of their lives. Both print and color
activities are included for grades K through 2.

THANKSGIVING THANK YOU CERTIFICATES:
http://www.night.net/kids/cert-thanks.html-ssi

Thanksgiving is a great time to say "Thank You", and
you can find many ways to do it here with these print-
able certificates. Images include several stylized tur-
keys and groups of pilgrims.

PRINTABLE NOVEMBER CALENDARS:
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/calendar/november.pdf

Download and print out a calendar for the month of Novem-
ber for your primary students to color and fill in the
dates. This one emphasizes giving thanks in a community
food drive.

THANKSGIVING WRITING PAPER:
http://www.billybear4kids.com/worksheets/practice-thanksgiving.html
http://abcteach.com/paper/thanksgiv.htm

Colorful writing paper makes writing projects so much
more appealing. Print out copies of these primary lined
pages for your Thanksgiving season writing paper.

ROSIE'S THANKSGIVING DINNER:
http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/Alpha-Click-Thanks.html-ssi

What will Rosemary be enjoying for her Thanksgiving
dinner? Click on each of the letters to find out, with
all letters describing a Thanksgiving meal in a pleasant
poetry format.

RECYCLED PILGRIMS:
http://oldfashionedliving.com/holidays/pilgrim.html

Grab some empty condiment bottles, film canisters, but-
tons, and markers to create these cute Pilgrims. For
younger students, teachers should do all the glue gun
steps.

COFFEE FILTER TURKEYS:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtCoffeeFilterTurkeysK5.htm

Very easy, but lots of fun--using only coffee filters,
markers, and water spray bottles, you can create these
colorful turkeys to hang in your classroom for Thanks-
giving.

TURKEY ART:
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hol/turkeyart.html

For primary students, try the hand turkeys, milk car-
ton Pilgrim houses, clothespin turkeys, turkey magnets,
or turkey handprints featured here.

TEXTURED TURKEYS:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtLATexturedTurkey15.htm

Using different methods and materials, upper elementary
students will explore textures to create a Thanksgiving
turkey.

GOBBLE THE TURKEY:
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/family/kids/crafts/gobbler.shtml

This stuffed turkey is assembled with paper bags, con-
struction paper, and chenille stems. Stuffed with rice,
painted by sponging on acrylics, and decorated adorably
with paper fan wings and droopy legs, he'll sit proudly
in your classroom.

MAPPING THE PILGRIMS' VOYAGE:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/map/

A template of a world map is available to download and
print here, to help your students track the Pilgrim's
voyage. A three dimensional map will be created, along
with a miniature Mayflower as well.

THANKSGIVING MATH:
http://www.abcteach.com/Thanksgiving/math.htm

Print out copies of these problem solving math worksheets
to lend a Thanksgiving theme to your math classes.

THANKSGIVING MENU WORKSHEET:
http://www.abcteach.com/Thanksgiving/menu.htm

Consider the food groups for all the traditional Thanks-
giving foods, in this printable student worksheet for
elementary classes.

A NOT-SO-TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2558.html

This article for grades five and up explores Thanksgiving
from a different perspective--that of darker undercurrents
of history at Plymouth. Two competing narratives offer po-
larized views of America's European beginnings, with two
entirely different cultural interpretations of its early
story. Read the material and discuss the opposing view-
points with your class, or set up a debate--dressed in
1627 garb--to present both sides.

EARLY CONGRESS PROCLAIMS HOLIDAYS:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/constitu/const-l4.html

Journey back to the year 1776, examining primary docu-
ments and reading recommendations to establish national
holidays for a very young nation. Discussion questions
examine the use of language, the setting, the historical
foundations, and the recommendations made by this Con-
gress.

YOU ARE THE HISTORIAN -- INVESTIGATING THANKSGIVING:
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html

What really happened during the first Thanksgiving be-
tween the Wampanoag peoples and the Pilgrims? How long
did their celebration last, and what foods were really
served? Meet two youths whose ancestors attended this
historic feast, and learn to distinguish between fact
and myth, and how to fairly interpret historic events.
A teacher's guide is included with this interactive on-
line learning exhibit.

A THANKSGIVING TIMELINE:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/pictimeline/index.htm

Students can visit an online timeline for the first Thanks-
giving celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags to-
gether. They will take an interactive tour of the Mayflower
and learn just how difficult passage aboard the ship was,
journey through the early days at Plimoth Plantation, learn
how the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims forged a relationship,
and finally, celebrate that first Thanksgiving. Discussion
questions are included.

THANKSGIVING BOOKMARKS:
http://www.teacherview.com/ClassExtras/bookmarks/thanksgiving.htm

Download several versions of printable Thanksgiving book-
marks to celebrate the holiday with your primary classes.

MAX'S THANKSGIVING TURKEY:
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/TurkeytoColor.htm

Which turkey most appeals to Max? Print out copies of
this mini-book with a Thanksgiving theme for your kin-
dergarten students to assemble and read.

TINY TITLES THANKSGIVING BOOK:
http://www.billybear4kids.com/TinyTitles/Thanksgiving.html

This printable Thanksgiving book offers students in
grades one and two a chance to write their own Thanks-
giving sentences--try a theme of what they are thank-
ful for, or what traditions they look forward to.

LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA:
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Colony.htm

Third grade students will journey back to Colonial Amer-
ica, learning how children lived in families then, where
the original thirteen colonies were located, and partici-
pating in various themed activities, games, and crafts.

TREE OF THANKFULNESS:
http://www.makingfriends.com/tree_thankful.htm

Grab some tree branches--without the leaves--along with
different colors of construction paper, scissors, and a
few clothespins and markers for this art project. Students
will add their messages of thankfulness for a special hol-
iday tree.

THANKSGIVING BOOKMARKS:
http://www.janbrett.com/bookmarks/thanksgiving_day_printed_manuscript.htm

Children's author and illustrator Jan Brett offers some
of the most stunning printable bookmarks available, and
these Thanksgiving versions are no exception. Print them
out and give them out to your students for your own way
of saying thanks.

THANKSGIVING DINNER:
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/thanksgiving/dinner.htm

Connect social studies with math by having your students
create their own menu, and then locate the prices using
newspaper ads. They will compare costs at two different
locations for the meal they have planned.

A THANKFUL TURKEY:
http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1698.html

The tail feathers of this turkey become the notes from
your students on what they are thankful for this year.
Start a turkey tradition with your classroom, and put
this one up on the bulletin board in November.

EVEN SO, I AM THANKFUL:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OEvenSoIThankful712.htm

You've got to accentuate the positive... Middle and high
school students will use this lesson plan to consider what
might be negative elements in their own lives, and try and
turn them around to find what just might be positive about
the experience. Have fun with this lesson--if your students
get stuck, try making up some hilarious reasons to be thank-
ful.

THANKSGIVING FOR PRIMARY CHILDREN:
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/ps-open.cfm?searchTheme=thanksgiving
Print out cut and paste worksheets, find patterns, col-
or, follow directions... All of the activities here fol-
low a Thanksgiving theme for younger students.

SQUANTO:
http://www.workersforjesus.com/f25-14.htm
This site provides the story of Squanto at an elemen-
tary level. Have students discuss Thanksgiving from the
perspective of how Native Americans helped and influenced
the Pilgrims, and then create your own skit for Thanks-
giving, based on the Squanto story.

THANKSGIVING STATIONERY:
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/thanksgiving.htm
It's all gobbles--but hopefully not gobbledy-gook--with
this Thanksgiving themed writing paper. Print off copies
and give your students a writing assignment of what they
can each be thankful for. For an added twist to the thank-
ful assignment, try having them write a thank you letter
to a class mate.