3. FOOD
On Thanksgiving
families get together
and have a big harvest
feast!
They eat turkey,
corn, stuffing,
potatoes, pumpkin pie, ...
Everyone gets a BIG
stomach ache!
4. TRADITIONS
One of the customs on
Thanksgiving is being
thankful for people
coming to your house.
In turns, each one
says: “I´m thankful
for…”
5. A bit of History
.
Thanksgiving became a holiday
almost 400 years ago, in 1621,
when a group of English
Pilgrims arrived to America
and settled in 1620.
They were a group of Puritans
who escaped from England
due to their religion believes.
6. The pilgrims travelled
to America on a ship
called the “Mayflower.”
The trip to America was
long and hard. There
were storms and the
ship was really crowded.
7. • When they got to America, it was winter and
there were no food or houses.
• Many of the pilgrims died from sickness,
starvation and cold.
8. • There were some people who lived in America already:
Indians.
• They saw the Pilgrims suffering and they decided to
help them.
9. • They showed them
how to hunt and fish.
• They showed them
how to grow different
plants, like corn and
pumpkins.
• They helped them
build houses out of the
trees there.
10. • When it was winter
again, the Pilgrims had
food and a place to
live.
• They were so happy
that they decided to
have a feast and invite
their friends, the
Indians.
11. • So they had a great
feast that lasted for
a whole week.
• They ate the typical
autumn food: turkey,
fish, deer, sweet
potatoes, corn and
pumpkin.
12. • But the first thing they did was to say thanks
for having friends, food, houses and a place to
live.
