Thanksgiving Day - Presentation_Andrés.Pereira.pptx
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2. 1. Why did the celebration start?
2. Who were the “Pilgrims”?
3. What was the name of the ship?
4. Who was Squanto?
5. When does the celebration take
place?
6. What do families do?
3. Americans model their holiday on a
1621 harvest feast shared between the
Wampanoag people and the English
colonists known as Pilgrims.
4. The Pilgrims they made the famous
1620 voyage aboard the ship
Mayflower and founded Plymouth
Colony, but they were also ordinary
English men and women.
5. Mayflower is the name of the ship
that carried the so-called Pilgrims
from England to the coast of what is
now the United States in 1620.
6. He was a Patuxet Indian. He was
one of the Native Americans who
helped the Mayflower pilgrims
during their first winter in the New
World, and was vital to their
survival. The Patuxet tribe was
tributary to the Wampanoag.
7. 5. When does the
celebration take
place?
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is
celebrated on the fourth Thursday in
November, as specified in a joint
resolution passed by Congress in 1941
and a proclamation issued by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942.
8. 6. What do
families do?
After eating and washing up,
families watch a films, series,
play board games or go for a
walk.
9. For just one day a year, we feast
on roast turkey, jellied
cranberries, and marshmallow-
topped sweet potato casserole
7. Name three dishes
they have…
10. 8. How is the following
Friday called?
BLACK FRIDAY
Black Friday is a colloquial term for the Friday
after Thanksgiving in the United States. It
traditionally marks the start of the Christmas
shopping season in the United States. Many
stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted
prices.
11. Since the wild turkey is a native North
American bird, it fit perfectly into the
holiday menu. They were larger than
chicken and, therefore, could feed a
hungry family around the table.
