Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November to give thanks for food and blessings. The tradition began in 1620 when Pilgrims from England traveled on the Mayflower to start a new life with religious freedom in America. During their first winter, many Pilgrims died due to the harsh conditions. The following spring, Wampanoag Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn, hunt, and fish. After harvesting a good crop that fall, the Pilgrims and Native Americans held a celebration that came to be known as the first Thanksgiving. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated with traditional foods that are similar to what was eaten at the first Thanksgiving.

2. Americans of all religions celebrate
Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of
November.
Thanksgiving is a special day for families
and people travel great distances to be with
their families.
They give thanks for the food and
blessings.

3. The tradition started when
in 1620 a group of men ,
women and children left
England on a ship called
Mayflower.
They were pilgrims and they
wanted to start a new life in
the New World while
searching the freedom of
religion.

4. The voyage was very
hard.They were cold and
hungry and many of them
died.
The voyage took 65 days.
They landed on the north –
east
coast(PLYMOUTHROCK).
What today we know as
Massachusetts.
When they arrived it was
almost winter so they had
no time to grow crops. The
winter was long. Very few
survived.

5. In spring native
Americans, the
wampanoag Indians,
helped them.
They taught the pilgrims
how to grow corn,
pumpkin(s) how to hunt
and how to fish.
The summer harvest was
very good and by
november, a year after
their first arrival, there

6. The pilgrims wanted
to celebrate it and
invited the native
Americans to a great
dinner where they
gave thanks to God
for the harvest.
That was the first
Thanksgiving dinner.

7. • Today the traditional
thanksgiving is
celebrated in fall and
the traditional meal is
similar to the first.
They eat roast turkey
with cranberry sauce,
potatoes, corn and
pumpkin pie.