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	The First Thanksgiving Student Activities for Grades PreK-12 \| Scholastic.com
		The First Thanksgiving Student Activities for Grades PreK-12
		They spent two months at sea to reach a strange new world, and barely survived once they got there.
		Learn more about the Pilgrims and Wampanoag from books written by Kate Waters, featuring photographs by Russ Kendall.
	www.scholastic.com /scholastic_thanksgiving (57 words)

	Thanksgiving Crafts, Worksheets, and Activities - EnchantedLearning.com
		The first Thanksgiving in the USA was a feast in 1621 shared by the Pilgrims (who had recently settled Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts) and the Wampanoag Indians, who shared their corn, squash, and wild turkeys.
		Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.
		In Canada, Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by the Canadian Parliament in 1879.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /crafts/thanksgiving (2304 words)

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		Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude.
		Thanksgiving is almost entirely celebrated at home, unlike the Fourth of July or Christmas, which are associated with a variety of shared public experiences (fireworks, caroling, etc.) In Canada Thanksgiving is only a three day holiday and the holiday is not as important as in the US.
		Some of the details of the American Thanksgiving story are myths that developed in the 1890s and early 1900s as part of the effort to forge a common national identity in the aftermath of the Civil War and in the melting pot of new immigrants.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thanksgiving.html (1598 words)

	Thanksgiving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual secular holiday observed in the United States and Canada to celebrate being thankful for the things one has.
		In the Northeastern United States, the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is the one of the busiest nights of the year for bars and pubs, as it is the first night back to their hometowns for many college students returning from the semester.
		In Canada, the Thanksgiving in the United States is sometimes referred to as Yanksgiving to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday (Yank being a nickname for a resident of the U.S.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thanksgiving (3527 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Thanksgiving - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual holiday observed in the United States and Canada to celebrate being thankful for the things one has.
		Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with a large dinner shared among friends and family.
		Thanksgiving is usually celebrated almost entirely at home, unlike the Fourth of July or Christmas, which are associated with a variety of shared public experiences (fireworks, caroling, etc.).
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Thanksgiving_Day.htm (3583 words)

	Thanksgiving Cards, Free Thanksgiving Greetings, Happy Thanksgiving Ecards From 123Greetings.com
		Send a bright Thanksgiving ecard to renew the ties that bind you with your near and dear ones.
		Celebrate this Thanksgiving with lots of turkey fun by sending these cool ecards to all your near and dear ones.
		Fun-filled and warm ecards to celebrate Thanksgiving with all your friends/dear ones.
	www.123greetings.com /events/thanksgiving (264 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thanksgiving Day
		The first national observance was when President Washington, at the request of Congress, recommended Thursday, 26 November, 1789, to the people of the United States "as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours of Almighty God".
		This proclamation exhorted the people to "beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best".
		In 1817 Thanksgiving Day was first officially noticed in New York State, and by 1859 its observance had spread to twenty-eight states and two territories.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14555a.htm (444 words)

	Thanksgiving: Blogs, Photos, Videos and more on Technorati
		Microsoft: 310K 360s Sold During Thanksgiving Week Posted by x3sphere at November 29, 2007, 4:44 pm [IMG] Microsoft has revealed that hardware sales for the Xbox 360 totaled 310,000 units this past Thanksgiving week.
		I give you a video of Squirrel Queen’s mom, who had no idea that I was shooting a video of her at the Thanksgiving Roast Beast celebration.
		This past week Americans traveled approximately 2 billion miles to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with family and loved ones.
	www.technorati.com /tag/Thanksgiving (655 words)

	Thanksgiving Information
		This is best illustrated in the written text of the Thanksgiving sermon delivered at Plymouth in 1623 by "Mather the Elder." In it, Mather the Elder gave special thanks to God for the devastating plague of smallpox which wiped out the majority of the Wampanoag Indians who had been their benefactors.
		The Wampanoag were actually invited to that Thanksgiving feast for the purpose of negotiating a treaty that would secure the lands of the Plymouth Plantation for the Pilgrims.
		THE PLYMOUTH THANKSGIVING STORY When the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, they landed on the rocky shores of a territory that was inhabited by the Wampanoag (Wam pa NO ag) Indians.
	www.2020tech.com /thanks/temp.html (6125 words)

	Thanksgiving
		However, Thanksgiving was always the last Thursday in November because that was the day President Abraham Lincoln observed the holiday when he declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
		Other companies that depended on Thanksgiving as the last Thursday of November lost money; calendar makers were the worst hit because they printed calendars years in advance and FDR made their calendars out of date for the next two years.
		Franklin Roosevelt observed Thanksgiving on the second to last Thursday of November for two more years, but the amount of public outrage prompted Congress to pass a law on December 26, 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /thanksg.html (864 words)

	Thanksgiving on the Net - Welcome
		We've got stories of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, turkeys to take home, holiday pictures for the kids to print and color, tasty holiday recipes and e-greeting cards to send your friends and family.
		Thanksgiving Day 2007 - A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
		Also Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations of 2005, 2004, 2003,2002, 2001, 1999, 1998 and 1996
	www.holidays.net /thanksgiving (427 words)

	Education World ® - Curriculum: Are You Teaching the Real Story of the "First Thanksgiving"?
		Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story or is the version you're passing on to your students a blend of fact and myth?
		The project includes an accurate telling of "The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story" along with study and discussion questions, ideas for enrichment, art projects, and authentic recipes -- all intended to enable teachers to accurately portray the events surrounding the first Thanksgiving.
		In Thanksgiving on the Net: Roast Bull with Cranberry Sauce, Jeremy Bangs makes an effort to sift through the "more than two hundred websites that 'correct' our assumptions about Thanksgiving" and set the record straight.
	www.education-world.com /a_curr/curr040.shtml (1455 words)

	Holidays - Thanksgiving
		Here you will find everything you need for a perfect Thanksgiving celebration including helpful party planning advice, new menu ideas, and tasty Thanksgiving recipes.
		Thanksgiving History - Links to history, recipes, and more.
		Thanksgiving Feast - Details on how to set up an authentic feast.
	www.homeandfamilynetwork.com /holidays/thanksgiving.html (315 words)

	The Lesson Plans Page - Thanksgiving Lesson Plans, Ideas, and Activities, Teacher Resources, teaching resources, theme, ...
		In this Thanksgiving lesson, students write a list and visually present what they are thankful for by creating a placemat
		This is an Ode to Thanksgiving poem song which can be expanded as a writing activity
		In this Thanksgiving reading lesson, an emergent reader is made into a predictable chart
	www.lessonplanspage.com /Thanksgiving.htm (459 words)

	The History of Thanksgiving
		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!).
		Travel back to Plymouth and discover some of the humble origins of Thanksgiving traditions we celebrate today and what the original celebration was actually like!
		Conquest of a New Land DVD Collection + $1 Shipping
	www.history.com /minisites/thanksgiving (104 words)

	Thanksgiving Theme Unit - Reading Comprehensions, Word Searches, Coloring, Crosswords, and Math Worksheets!
		Backwoods Thanksgiving Part II - Elk Rescue (Grades 4-6)
		Thanksgiving: Dot to dots (booklets - PDF files)
		Pre-made Thanksgiving word wall with all of the words (PDF file; LARGE file)
	www.edhelper.com /Thanksgiving.htm (650 words)

	Thanksgiving - Holidays
		Giving praise to God helps us to understand just how awesome he really is! We should thank him for all that he has done.
		Find the answer to this question in Bryan Chapell's Thanksgiving sermon, Thanksgiving and Faith, found on PreachingTodaySermons.com.
		Learn from this www.PreachingTodaySermons.com sermon by Scott Wenig as you approach a season of thanksgiving.
	www.christianitytoday.com /holidays/thanksgiving (303 words)

	Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving at TheHolidaySpot
		This year Thanksgiving is on 22nd November 2007
		We have got loads of enjoyable free resources like thanksgiving crafts, ideas for your thanksgiving dinner party, and online community to celebrate your fall holiday.
		Let your thoughts flow on the holiday of Thanksgiving.
	www.theholidayspot.com /thanksgiving (70 words)

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