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Investigating the First Thanksgiving
I found a link on my state library’s website that offers an online resource flash application that investigates many details about Thanksgiving entitled “You are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving”. It’s professionally built by the folks at Plimoth Plantation (www.plimoth.org) with loads of multimedia interactivity. With much to do, see, here, read, and click on, this would [...]
Thanksgiving Word Search for Younger Kids
This Thanksgiving day word search, with 6 fall themed words,
is built with younger kids in mind.
Thanksgiving: Its Origin, Celebration and Significance
Thanksgiving Its Origin, Celebration and Significance
as Related in Prose and Verse
By Robert Haven Schauffler
This free historical book, written in 1915, features over 200 pages of information (in the form of stories and poems) the American Thanksgiving Day. It would be a great addition to any November curriculum!
Download this entire book for free here.
Children’s Games for November (and Other Free Goodies)
Primary Education
This adorable (and very long!) public domain book, which can be downloaded and printed out for free here, offers a variety of games, songs, poems for children. Activities are broken up week by week and into subjects (hygeine, phonics, music, drawing, and even seatwork).
Children’s music score sheets, coloring pages, detailed articles about teaching [...]
