Thanksgiving

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

Life Long Ago:

settlers, covered wagons, churning butter, making food from scratch, living off the land, no modern appliances like stoves, dishwashers, vacuums, ELECTRICITY

Farms:

farmers, foods grown, ploughing the land, planting seeds, harvesting the crops, storing for winter, where food is stored, etc.

Thanksgiving:

traditions, customs, costumes, dinner, etc.

 

SETTING THE MOOD

Books:

stories about Thanksgiving, pioneers, settlers, farms, poetry

Displays:

create colorful displays around the room depicting Thanksgiving i.e. a large turkey where each child make a tail feather and puts his/her name on it and then attaches it to the turkey

a large horn of plenty with pictures of foods all around it

large murals of covered wagons

pictures of pumpkins, etc.

Posters/

Videos

the Canada Food Guide, pictures of foods, turkeys, etc. Films relating to Thanksgiving, pioneers, settlers, Natives.

 

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