The First Thanksgiving


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Veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie sets aside centuries of legend and political stylization to present the mixed blessing that was the first Thanksgiving. Like good narrative history, McKenzie's critical account of our Pilgrim ancestors confronts us with our own unresolved issues of national and spiritual identity.




What Was the First Thanksgiving?


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Learn more about the history of the feast that started off as a harvest celebration and has now become a national holiday. After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. Of course, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag didn’t know it at the time, but they were making history.




The First Thanksgiving


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Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration came to be.




My First Thanksgiving


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Tomie dePaola’s simple text and bright illustrations perfectly capture the joy of this special holiday. Young readers will love learning more about the traditional celebrations of the day.




The First Thanksgiving Feast


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Recreates the first harvest feast celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 using the Pilgrim and Indian actors and the seventeenth-century setting of Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.




The Story of the First Thanksgiving


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Enjoy this illustrated story of the first Thanksgiving….and then learn to draw it yourself!




This First Thanksgiving Day


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Countdown to Thanksgiving! This rollicking counting story celebrates the very first Thanksgiving Day with vibrant illustrations and lively verse. Follow the Pilgrim and Wampanoag friends as they prepare for a great feast, and along the way look for the bold turkey on every page -- and for the very sharp of eye, there are all sorts of surprises hidden in the art!




If You Were at the First Thanksgiving


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Questions and answers about the first Thanksgiving and what it was like to live in America in the 1620's.




Thanksgiving Then and Now


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Compare how the first Thanksgiving was celebrated to how we celebrate the holiday today.




The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving


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Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration.