An American tradition

1. THANKSGIVING
A North American Celebration
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2. INDEX
SLIDE:
1-- THANKSGIVING
2-- INDEX
3--THE MAYFLOWER
4-- ARRIVAL IN A NEW LAND
5-- A FEAST WITH THE INDIANS
6 --1676 THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
7-- PRESIDENT LINCOLN & SARAH
8-- THANKSGIVING NOWADAYS AT HOME..
9-- ...AND IN THE STREETS
10-- THANKSGIVING VOCABULARY
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3. THE MAYFLOWER
On september 6, 1620, a vessel
called The Mayflower left
Plymouth in England with 102
passengers and a crew of 25-30
on board. One third of the
passengers were puritans. In
the future they would be
renamed 'Pilgrims'.They were
fleeing from religious
persecution looking foa a new
land to settle.
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4. ARRIVAL IN THE
NEW LAND
On November 21,1620
the Mayflower set ground
at Plymouth Rock near
Cape cod after a grueling
66-day journey marked by
disease.
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5. A feast with the indians
The pilgrim's first winter in this new
land was devastating. At the
beginning of the following fall, they
had lost 46 of the original 102 who
sailed on the Mayflower. But the
harvest of 1621 was a bountiful
one. And the remaining colonists
decided to celebrate with a feast-
including the Wampanoag Indian
natives who had helped the
Pilgrims to survive their first year.
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6. 1676 Thanksgiving Proclamation
It wasn't until June 1676 that another
Day of Thanksgiving was
proclaimed. The day chosen was
June 29. However on this occasion
the celebration didn't include
Native Americans, rather the
opposite, as the celebration was
meant partly to be in recognition of
the colonists' recent victory over
the “heathen” natives.
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Thankgiving Presidential Proclamations
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7. President lincoln & Sarah
From that year on, Thanksgiving was celebrated only on few
occasions, since many presidents, like Thomas jefferson opposed to it.
It was Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, who after a 40-year
campaign! Of writing letters to presidents who managed Thanksgiving
day to be proclaimed a national holiday. In 1863, President Lincoln
proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of
Thanksgiving.
President Lincoln
Sarah Josepha Hale
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8. Thankgiving nowadays
So, since then on the fourth Thursday in
November, North American families have
been gathering together to celebrate this
day. The meet around a plentiful meal.
The menu includes:
Stuffed Turkey
sweet potatoes with sauce of cranberry
Mash with meat sauce
maize bread
onion in white sauce
green bean casserole
cake of pumpkin
At home..........
Over the River and Through the Woods Click to
Is a Thanksgiving song written by Lydia Listen to the song
Marie Child in 1844.
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9. ...and in the streets
People celebrate thanksgiving also
in the streets. There are street
parades with floats and gigantic
balloons. Especially famous is the
street parade organized by Marcy's
store in New York celebrated since
1920s.
This day is also the “official” starting
day for Christmas shopping.
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Watch Marcy's Street Parade
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10. Thanksgiving vocabulary
Cider
Pilgrims turkey
Cornucopia or Horn of Plenty
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Indian
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