High School Resource History of Thanksgiving by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on the history of Thanksgiving and how it became a holiday. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.5.3, SS.5.3.b, SS.5.3.b.1, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, […]

Elementary School Resource Thanksgiving: Then and Now by ECSDM In this lesson, kindergarten students will compare and contrast life as a child in 1621 at the first Thanksgiving with life today. Related NY State Academic Standards: RL.K.9, RI.K.8, RI.K.9, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, […]

Elementary School Resource Thanksgiving: Past, Present and Future Individually, students will reflect about their traditions, compare them with their peers’ and contrast their celebration with the first Thanksgiving. As a whole group, students will explore the first Thanksgiving with two interactive tours, and they will compare their ideas to common myths. With partners, students will […]

High School Resource Thanksgiving: Past, Present and Future This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.E.1, SS.E.1.1, SS.C.1.1A Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!