Thanksgiving is an American holiday celebrated in November where families get together to eat traditional foods like turkey and give thanks for what they have. The origins of the holiday come from Pilgrims who had a feast in 1621 with Native Americans to celebrate surviving their first year in America with the help of the Native Americans teaching them how to farm local foods. In 1863, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to continue celebrating the Pilgrims. A typical Thanksgiving involves waking up, watching parades, cooking all day with family, eating a large meal together, playing games, watching TV specials, and getting ready for Christmas shopping the next day.

1. Thanksgiving

2. What is Thanksgiving?
• An American? holiday when families meet?
– To talk and play
– To eat traditional food
and
– give thanks for all that we have in our lives.

3. History of Thanksgiving
• In the first months the Pilgrims lived in
America, they didn’t know how
to hunt or to grow plants to eat.

4. History of Thanksgiving
• So the Native Americans decided to help the
Pilgrims by teaching them how to hunt and
grow plants to eat.

5. History of Thanksgiving
• In the fall of 1621, when the plants were harvested,
the Pilgrims invited the Native Americans to a feast
(or big dinner).
• The feast was to GIVE THANKS to the Native
Americans for teaching the Pilgrims to hunt and grow
plants to eat, so that they could survive in America.

6. History of Thanksgiving
• In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln said that
this day of Thanksgiving will now and forever
be a national holiday to celebrate the Pilgrims
and to celebrate giving thanks.
This is why Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA
today!

7. A Normal Thanksgiving Day

8. 8:30 in the morning
Wake up! Wake up!
Good morning, everybody!
It’s Thanksgiving Day!

9. 9:00 in the morning
Let’s eat breakfast,
and watch the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV!

10. 11:00 in the morning
Everyone to the kitchen!!
We must all help to cook the food!

11. Thanksgiving Food (1)
TURKEY and GRAVY STUFFING
CRANBERRIES BREAD

12. Thanksgiving Food (2)
MASHED POTATOES GREEN BEANS
SQUASH and CORN FRUIT SALAD

13. Thanksgiving Desserts (3)
PUMPKIN PIE CHOCOLATE PIE
CHERRY PIE APPLE PIE

14. Thanksgiving Food (1)

15. Thanksgiving Food (2)

16. Thanksgiving Desserts (3)

17. 14:30 in the afternoon
So, is the food almost prepared??
Can we eat?

18. 15:30 in the afternoon
Ok, family! Let’s….
EAT the feast (or big dinner)
that we prepared!!

19. 18:00 in the afternoon
Now let’s play some games
or
Go do activities outdoors together!!

20. 20:00 in the evening
Let’s go back to the table…
to eat again!!
There is still so much food!!

21. 21:30 at night
Now, we will play more games
or
Watch a TV show together!
Ok, Let’s watch a Thanksgiving show on TV!
It’s called A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!

22. 23:30 at night
• Ok, everyone! Now we must go to bed and
sleep!...
because tomorrow we will get up and we will
go shopping!
• Tomorrow is when the Christmas shopping
season begins!
• There will be lots of people and lots of fun!
So get your Christmas lists prepared!!

23. Thanks
for spending Thanksgiving day
with me!