Thanksgiving

New Friends In A New LandBy Judith Bauer Stamper

“Damaris, a young Pilgrim girl, is afraid of her new Plymouth home until she and the other Pilgrims become friends with

their Native American neighbors and celebrate a

thanksgiving feast together.”http://books.google.com/books/about/

New_Friends_in_a_New_Land.html?id=zI29IYzsGFUC

Go On A Virtual Field Triphttp://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

“In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first

Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual

colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving

Day to be held each November.”

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgivingAlso view videos on this site.

Map of First Thanksgiving

In Massachusetts

Sometime between September 21 and November 9, 1621, the English and the Wampanoag people shared a harvest celebration. Through time, stories and popular myths have evolved around this event, which has come to be known as the first Thanksgiving. But this is the story of what may have happened during those days, as told by Dancing Moccasins, a 14-year-old Wampanoag boy, and Resolved White, a 6-year-old English boy. Photographed in full color at Plimoth Plantation, this fascinating reenactment will let readers experience a time when early English colonists settled on the rich and fertile land of the Wampanoag people.

http://www.plimoth.com/books-media/books/i-giving-thanks-the-1621-harvest-feast.html

Other Books In Our Library

about Thanksgiving

Works Cited

"Museum Shop." Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr.

"New Friends in a New Land:." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.

"Thanksgiving." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.