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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving food Mayflower Pilgrims winter Squanto three days Wampanoag surviving harvested

Exercise 1: Fill in the text below with the correct word from the word bank.

The ___________ were very religious people. They didn’t like the “relaxed” religion in England and sailed in a ship, the ____________, from England to Plymouth. It was ___________ when they came to Plymouth. It was very cold and they didn’t have any ____________ , so many Pilgrims starved and died. A tribe of Indians thought it would be nice to help the Pilgrims. This tribe is called the ________________. A Native American named ______________ was very helpful because he could speak English. The Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to fish, farm, and hunt. Thanks to the Wampanoag Indians, the Pilgrims were no longer dying; they were ___________! Once all of the food had been _________, the Pilgrims had enough food to survive the Winter. To celebrate, the Pilgrims and Native Americans threw a celebration that lasted _______________. This was the first _________________ because the Pilgrims were thankful for the Wampanoag’s help.

Exercise 2: Read the vocabulary and watch to the video. Don’t worry if you can’t understand all of it. Just write down THREE things below that you did understand. (Ex. The Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth. Or… The Pilgrims are from England).

pilgrims – Pilger victory - Siegto arrive – ankommen to unite – vereinento survive – überleben attendance – Besucherzahlto die – sterben department store - Kaufhausreligious – religiös thankful - dankbartaught – lehrte Native American - Indianer to fish - angeln feast - Festmahlto plant – pflanzen sail - sagelnto hunt – jagen to starve - verhungernfeast – Festessenharvest - Ernte

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Exercise 3: After the presentation, match the correct words to the picture.

Macy’s department store pumpkin pie marching band/halftime show turkey Macy’s Thanksgiving Paradefootball player the Mayflower the Wampanoag Indians

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Exercise 4: Outline your hand to make a Turkey. Write four things you’re thankful for in the fingers (or tail feathers)!