Thanksgiving |
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TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
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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
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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. |