Learning About The First Thanksgiving

11/21/2014

As we celebrate Thanksgiving next week, I wanted to let you know about the Pinterest board I have created in order to showcase various resources for teaching young children about the First Thanksgiving. There can be a lot of misinformation out there, so I strive to dig up books, videos, lesson plans, and other online resources that tell an accurate and well-balanced story of the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag Tribe, and the events surrounding the First Thanksgiving.

I highly recommend visiting Scholastic's The First Thanksgiving website. On the Virtual Field Trips page, you are able to view several videos illustrating everything from the Pilgrims voyage to America, to Wampanoag daily life. These videos were produced as a cooperative effort between Scholastic and the Plimoth Plantation historical site located in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

I update my boards year-round, so I will continue to add to these resources as I find them. I encourage you to follow along with my Growing Little Leaves Pinterest boards; let me know if there are any specific resources for which you are looking and I will be happy to scour the Internet for books, lesson plans, activities, and videos that meet you and your children's needs as far as history or genealogy education.