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Thanksgiving Poetry | Thanksgiving Crafts

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Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? How did the holiday begin? Who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday? If your students ask similar questions, try the WebQuest designed by Karen Pippin.

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 Fill in the blanks for a "gut busting" Thanksgiving story from National Geographic Kids
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Thanksgiving Timeline - The story of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag begins before the Thanksgiving feast. Relive the Pilgrims' first year in America, and learn how the Wampanoag helped them survive in the New World.
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 Take a tour of the tiny ship that brought the pilgrims to the new world, compliments of Scholastic. You might also take a look at a cross-section of the Mayflower (unless you have claustrophobia).
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Did the Pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving every year? Find out the answer to that and more at Common Mayflower Myths.
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Can you find the Thanksgiving words in this interactive Seek-A-Word puzzle?
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Would you like to help the squirrel find its way home? Go here to find mazes and coloring pages you can print.
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Use cut-outs of a child's hands and feet to make a turkey decoration. Other great Thanksgiving crafts can also be found at this site.
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With relatives visiting, how about a fun game of Tic-Tac-Turkey? Print out the board and the playing pieces from this page.
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Take a virtual tour of Plimoth Plantation.
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Do you need more pages to color, or mazes to follow? Come here for material to print out.
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While you are waiting for the turkey to finish roasting play a game of Spin-the-Turkey. Go here to download the game. (PC/Windows only, sorry Mac to bad so sad)
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Test your knowledge of Thanksgiving. Read each question and click on the button in front of your answer. The computer will keep score for you.
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You are the Historian : Investigating the first Thanksgiving - If you are doing research on Thanksgiving in American history this page would be a good starting place.
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Find out everything you want to know about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims who came to America on the ship.
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Did you know that wild turkeys are fast on the ground, running at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour? That and more can be found at Turkey Trivia.
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In the mood for some history? Read Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation.
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This history of Thanksgiving does not start with the Pilgrims.
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CNN's Thanksgiving on the web is from 1996, but Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving.
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 Enchanted Learning has a great page stuffed full of Thanksgiving crafts.
23. Thanksgiving facts, poems and crafts.
24 Thanksgiving Activities from the Teacher's Corner
25. Kids Domain has dozens of Thanksgiving craft ideas.
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 An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
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 Find out all about Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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A list of links to Thanksgiving Fun provided by Greentown Elementary School
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 WorkshopQuest: Giving Thanks - Thanksgiving Resources on the Web for Educators
30. The First Thanksgiving - an online activity from Scholastic
31. More? Click on the turkey to get some other craft and food ideas.

Thanksgiving Poetry
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 Bethany Roberts' Thanksgiving Fun for Kids: Thanksgiving Poems and Songs
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 More Thanksgiving Poems and Songs from Bethany Roberts
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 D. J. McAdam presents three Thanksgiving poems to commemorate the true meaning of the holiday.
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 Thanksgiving Poems and Songs from Alphabet Soup
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 Mrs. Marks's 2rd Grade class wrote Thanksgiving Poems for 2002 (a Young Poets site)
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 Thanksgiving poems at the Holiday Zone
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 Two Thanksgiving poems from the Teacher's Corner
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 Fun Thanksgiving Poems - for example, "I Ate Too Much Turkey!"
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 Thanksgiving Songs - Lyrics and Accompanying MIDIs
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 Poems On Thanksgiving
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 A Thanksgiving Hymn and an After-Thanksgiving Poem
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 Elaine's Thanksgiving Page has a short history of the holiday followed by two dozen poems
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 Thanksgiving Poems and Stories
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 Early Literacy, a Telecollaborative Project presents Thanksgiving Poems
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 Thanksgiving stories and poems. Be sure you read Pum-Pum Pum-Pum Pumpkin Pie.
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 If Grandpa Tucker's poems are too silly for you, try some more traditional Thanksgiving poetry.

Thanksgiving Crafts
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 Thanksgiving Crafts, Decorations, and Printouts from Enchanted Learning
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Do you need pages to color, or mazes to follow? Come here for material to print.
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 Kids Domain has dozens of Thanksgiving craft ideas.
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 Crafts for Kids - Thanksgiving Crafts
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Use cut-outs of a child's hands and feet to make a turkey decoration. Other great Thanksgiving crafts can also be found at this site.
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 Homeschool Zone has a long page of Thanksgiving Crafts
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 Thanksgiving Activities from DLTK's Crafts for Kids
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 Place cards for the Thanksgiving dinner table - three styles to choose from
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 Thanksgiving Crafts from BillyBear4Kids (ignore the flashing ad, you did not win)
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 Family Fun, from Disney Online, has quite a few craft ideas.
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 A Feast of Thanksgiving Family Fun from About.com
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 Thanksgiving Crafts from Better Homes and Gardens
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 Thanksgiving Quilt - Grade Level: K-2 - from the A to Z Teacher Stuff Network
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 Quick & Easy Thanksgiving Crafts
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 Amazing Moms has several neat craft ideas
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 Chenille Stem (you used to call them pipe cleaners) Turkey from Kids Domain
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 Turkey Day Fun - Each feather on the turkey symbolizes something that you're thankful for.
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 Thanksgiving dinner tastes even better when it's served on a cheery, personalized place mat.
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 Thanksgiving Projects, Decorating Tips, and Recipes from Make-Stuff.com
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 Dozens of good crafts ideas from Preschool Education
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 Thanksgiving Crafts from Making Friends - Cool crafts for kewl kids