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Teaching William Bradford and the first Thanksgiving

William Bradford and the first Thanksgiving

As was the custom in England, the Pilgrims celebrated their harvest with a festival. The 50 remaining colonists and roughly 90 Wampanoag tribesmen attended the "First Thanksgiving."\n\nThe major similarity between the first Jamestown settlers and the first Plymouth settlers was great human suffering.\n\n

USHistory.org

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How does our modern-day Thanksgiving reflect the themes of the "First Thanksgiving"?
STANDARDS:
RH.1 - Meaning & Evidence, RI.1 - Meaning & Evidence

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,4
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