3.
This month is Thanksgiving time! It is
celebrated in the United States of America on
the four th Thursday in November , which
means that this year it will be held on …
November.
It has been a national holiday since
1863 and it commemorates the first
joint thanksgiving dinner which took
place in 1622.
4.
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival
celebrated primarily in the United States and
Canada.
Thanksgiving was a holiday to express
thankfulness, gratitude, and
appreciation to God, family and friends for
which all have been blessed of material
possessions and relationships.
Traditionally, it has been a time to give
thanks for a bountiful har vest.
5.
Harvest: the collection of the crop from the
fields (=cosecha)
Thanks= gracias
Thankful: adjective: a person who shows
gratitude
Thankfulness: (Noun): gratitude
Bless: regular verb: bendecir
Relationship:
6.
What’s Thanksgiving?
Where is it celebrated?
In the USA and Canada, where it’s national holiday.
When is it celebrated?
A har vest festival and a national holiday.
It’s a festival to say thanks to God
The fourth Thursday in November in the USA, but it
is celebrated the second Monday in October in
Canada.
What’s the meaning of Thanksgiving?
The meaning of this festival is to express
thanks to
God for the food and relationships.
7.
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day falls on
the four th Thursday of November.
In Canada it is celebrated on the second
Monday in October.
8.
By the year 1620, a group of people travelled
by ship from Britain to America. They were
called The Pilgrims and their ship, The
Mayflower. They arrived at Plymouth and
settled there.
The first winter was hard and they didn’t collect
anything so a lot of them died because of the
wild winter and the lack of food.
13.
But the next year, the native American Indian
helped them and they learned from them so
they had a big harvest.
They celebrated it with a big party to say thanks
to God for the harvest and the relationships
14.
Who were The Pilgrims?
How and when did they travel to America?
The first European people (mostly from Britain) who
travelled to America looking for a better life.
They travelled to America by ship (sailed)
What happened the first winter?
There was a wild winter and they didn’t recollect
anything
15.
What happened the next winter and what did
they do?
The native American Indian helped them and they
had a big harvest so they made a big party to say
thanks to God.
16.
Travel by ship: sail
Travel by car: drive-drove-driven
Travel by plane: fly-flew-flown
Ride (rode-ridden) a bike: cycle
They travelled by ship to America: they sailed to
America.
He travelled by car around the country: he drove
around the country.
I travelled by plane to China: I flew to China.
They were riding their bikes in the mountains: They
were cycling in the mountains
21. Pilgrim
Native
Indian
The year has turned its circle,
The seasons come and go.
The harvest is all gathered in
And chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have shared their treasures,
The fields, their yellow grain.
So open wide the doorwayThanksgiving comes again!
Turkey
22.
What’s Thanksgiving?
Where is it celebrated?
When is it celebrated?
What’s the meaning of Thanksgiving? Who
were The Pilgrims?
How and when did they travel to America?
What happened the first winter?
What happened the next winter and what did
they do?
