The English Teacher: THANKSGIVING

Watch the video and complete the activities below:

1. In the opening scene of the video, you can see some of the foods that people eat at Thanksgiving. Write down as many different foods as you can.

2. When and where do people celebrate Thanksgiving?

3. What do people do at Thanksgiving?

4. Who started the Thanksgiving tradition?

5. How and why did they come to America?

6. What happened to them during their first winter in America?

7. How did a local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag, help them?

8. How and why was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

9. When did the first Thanksgiving take place?

a. The Winter of 1620

b. The Autumn of 1621

c. The Spring of 163

d. The Summer of 1682

10. When did Sarah Josepha Hale campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday?

a. 1882 b. 1867 c. 1827 d. 1897

11. Abraham Lincoln declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated

a. Every Thursday of November

b. The first Thursday of November

c.The last Thursday of November

d. The third Thursday of November

12. When did Thanksgiving officially become a public holiday?

a. 1942 b. 1842 c. 2022 d. 1862

13. What would have happened to the European immigrants if the Wampanoag tribe had not helped them?

a. They would have gone back to England.

b. They would have died.

c. They would have moved to a different place.

d. They would have killed the Native Americans.

14. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving today?

15. Which food is not mentioned in the video?

ham mashed potatoes chocolate cake cranberry sauce

stuffing pumpkin pie green beans

turkey pasta mac and cheese cauliflower

sweet potato casserole with marshmellows

16. When will Thanksgiving be celebrated this year?

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