Thanksgiving

Introduction

We will look how diffrent countries and cultures celbrate Thanksgiing. THis webquest will be for third abd fourth grade.

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. 

Other areas around the world celbrate can you find which ones?

Task

Learn about which countries celbrate Thanksgiving or a similar holiday.  Draw  a picture of that countries flag.

http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/read/thanksgiving-history

Process

look up  the  history of Thanksgiving. put students in groups and let them pick a country and plan a feast and have them bring a dish from rthyeir country.

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

Credits