Thanksgiving is a federal holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November where families and friends get together to give thanks for what they are grateful for. It commemorates the Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in the 1600s and shared a harvest feast with Native Americans to celebrate surviving their first winter. Today, Thanksgiving is typically celebrated with a large meal including turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, gravy, and pumpkin pie.

1. History

2. Thanksgiving

3. What is Thanksgiving?
• Thanksgiving is a special holiday where families and friends get
together to celebrate the things they are thankful for in their lives.
It is a federal holiday, so schools, banks, post offices, and government
offices are closed. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in
November.

4. The Pilgrims
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5. They left England on a ship called the
Mayflower.

6. Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, North America.

7. Winter

8. Native Americans

9. Harvest

10. Today’s Thanksgiving Feast
• On Thanksgiving, families
get together and celebrate
what they are thankful for.
Then they usually eat a big
meal. The most popular thing
to eat on Thanksgiving is
turkey.
Live
Turkey
Cooked
Turkey

11. Thanksgiving Foods
See some of the other popular foods that American eat on
Thanksgiving!
Cranberry Sauce Corn Mashed
Potatoes and
Gravy
Pumpkin Pie