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Thank You Sarah, The Women Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson. Use Sarah’s story as inspiration. Think about things you can urge others to do to make a difference in your communities. Brainstorm a list of ways that you can make the community better. Use the Letter Generator to write a letter urging action, just as Sarah Hale did 140 years ago.

Additional Activity Websites:

• Thanksgiving Timeline This site provides information about how Thanksgiving has been celebrated through the ages-including President Truman “pardoning a turkey” in 1947 and the Native Americans’ day of mourning in 1970.
• The First Thanksgiving Use this interactive website to explore what it was like to travel on the Mayflower and live in Plymouth.

What really happened at the First Thanksgiving? Become a history detective and find out! In this fun activity, take on the role of “history detective” to investigate what really happened at the famous 1621 celebration. Along the way, you will see a few primary source documents which include a letter written by an eyewitness to the event, Wampanoag traditions of giving thanks, and a visit to Pilgrim Mary Allerton’s home. As a final activity, you can design and print your own Thanksgiving exhibit panel. Click the image below to launch the activity.

The Unites States of Thanksgiving is a post from the NY Times that I discovered via the post The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving. Click through to see 50 Thanksgiving dishes gathered from each of the 50 unique states in the U.S. The cool thing is that it will show you your state first! Which dish will you help prepare for your Thanksgiving day meal?