Thanksgiving Carly Hill c hilleastcoast ac uk Week

Thanksgiving Carly Hill (c. hill@eastcoast. ac. uk) Week 12 – w/b 23/11/20 • Understand what Thanksgiving is and why it is celebrated • Name key groups related to Thanksgiving • Identify Native American traditions

Thanksgiving • Colonists and Native Americans shared a 3 day harvest feast in 1621. • Native Americans helped the colonists grow food (corn, maple and fish) so they could survive the winter. • The colonists set up a town called Plymouth in Massachusetts • They worked together with Native Americans for over 50 years.

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Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving traditions: https: //kids. nationalgeographic. com/explore/history/th anksgiving-traditions/ • Thanksgiving food: https: //www. marthastewart. com/1502352/thanksgiving • Thanksgiving online games: https: //www. digipuzzle. net/education/thanksgiving/

Thanksgiving • We have an important link to American Thanksgiving • Pilgrims on the Mayflower were English…however… • The traditional American Thanksgiving turkey is a Norfolk Black turkey • The Norfolk Black is the oldest turkey breed in the UK • Norfolk Black turkeys went to America in the holds of transatlantic ships

Thanksgiving https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ntb. Qa. NJ 7 LYM (Macys’ Day Parade) https: //www. delish. com/holidayrecipes/thanksgiving/g 3023/traditional-thanksgivingmenu/ (Thanksgiving foods) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=x. Jd. Ck. E 3 a. R-8 (Guess the Thanksgiving food)

Football • Sports are an important part of Thanksgiving day • Watching football and playing football are common family activities • NFL Thanksgiving schedule: https: //www. nfl. com/schedules/2020/REG 12/ • NFL videos: https: //www. youtube. com/c/NFL/videos

Thanksgiving • November is Native American Heritage Month • Thanksgiving tells us about brave Christian settlers being helped by Native Americans to make a new life • Native Americans were massacred, English settlers robbed their graves and stole their food. • Some Native Americans see Thanksgiving as a day of mourning, but many celebrate it as giving thanks is important in Native American culture.

Native American facts • Facts: https: //www. kickassfacts. com/30 -interestingfacts-about-native-americans/ • Native American Tribes List: https: //www. legendsofamerica. com/na-tribelist/ • Native American History: https: //www. history. com/topics/native-american-history • Real Life as a Young Native American: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u. INNLzc 3 Kcw

Native American beliefs • Agriculture and connection to the Earth: respecting seeds, soil and livestock • Kinship: passing on wisdom and building relationships with family, community, animals, Earth and ourselves

Native American beliefs • Drum circles: drum beats represent the heartbeat of Mother Earth, bringing people together and uniting the body and mind • Wampum: writing history on a beaded belt, record how life used to be

Links • Tribe map: https: //native-land. ca/ • First Thanksgiving: http: //www. scholastic. com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ind ex. html

Totem Poles • Tall wood carvings in North West America • Include animals, symbols or figures • Tell the story of a tribe or family • Normally between 2 m and 20 m tall • 6 types: house front, interior house, mortuary, memorial, welcome and ridicule • Symbols: https: //www. warpaths 2 peacepipes. com/nativeamerican-symbols/totem-pole. htm