Thanksgiving HistoryThanksgiving HistoryThanksgiving is a holiday that started Thanksgiving is a holiday that started in the 1600s, when the pilgrims came in the 1600s, when the pilgrims came

to what they called the new to what they called the new world .They landed in what is now world .They landed in what is now

called Massachusetts .called Massachusetts .

• When they got to land they had trouble going through the winter .

Native AmericansNative Americans

• In Spring, the pilgrims found native Americans in the woods they made friends with them and helped the pilgrims.

The Big Feast The Big Feast

• Now we celebrate thanksgiving because it’s a day when the people all came together as family and had a big feast and gave thanks to everything. Sometimes we eat food like mash potatoes, gravy ,turkey stuffing and apple pie .