BELLWORK 11/22/13Free-write: As Thanksgiving is a time to

reflect…what in your life are you thankful for? (One paragraph)

EQ: Can I summarize the history of Thanksgiving?

Objectives and Scales:

The student will be able to evaluate the holiday of Thanksgiving as historical events that transpired during the Colonial Era of United States History as evidenced by a completed comic strip with 80% accuracy

Today is a special topic so it is not present as a unit goal

You still need to reach mastery!

We have been celebrating it since children…but can you explain it’s historical origins?

The Separatists (called such because they separated themselves from the Church of England) were Puritans.

In 1620, they left England and created the 2nd successful colony in the New World.

Why did they leave England? They came on the Mayflower and were headed to

Jamestown, Virginia. A storm blew them off course and they ended up in

uncharted territory off the coast of Massachusetts. They called their colony Plymouth after the company that had funded their trip, The Plymouth Company of London

Before they got off the ship William Bradford and the men aboard the ship created the Mayflower Compact-a step toward representative government.

It provided laws and rules to govern the colony fairly, all 41 men signed it

They landed in August of 1620, too late to plant for a harvest

Their first winter (1620-1621), was rough..only 60 of the original 102 settlers survived

Surprisingly, the majority of the survivors were children

The following spring, the children needed help The Chief of the local Wampanoag Tribe, Massasoit

invited the settlers to live with him and his tribesmen It was here that Squanto taught the young Pilgrims to

farm, fish, and how to survive in the foreign land They Pilgrims find success in planting their first harvest in

1621 To celebrate their good fortune(surviving) and the help

from the Wampanoag's they held a large communal dinner or Thanksgiving to commemorate their survival

The colony of Plymouth had a peaceful settlement with the Wampanoag for 30 years.

Later it was made a National Holiday by president Abraham Lincoln in 1863 after Sarah J. Hale had campaigned for years to have the nation observe the holiday. She argued it would be a "great Union Festival of America."

Illustrated Comic Strip You will need to dialogue(the story) and illustrate a

comic strip that summarizes the history of Thanksgiving

Fold your paper first in half (length wise) then in thirds to get a total of 6 squares

It will have a total of six comic squares The story must be complete before you start your

illustrations

Illustrations here

The history “story”