It is hard to believe that the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. I would like my Highland family and students to know how truly thankful I am to work in such a great school with such great teachers and kids!! I wish you and your families the best Thanksgiving ever!!
This week we finished our unit on Native American Cultures and then on Tuesday we compared our Thanksgiving traditions today to those present at the first Thanksgiving in 1621. I believe most students were surprised to learn that the first Thanksgiving was not in November and there were no turkeys to eat on the dinner table. The only birds mentioned in the diaries and journals of the pilgrims were water fowl which were thought to be duck, pigeon,or swan. The kids were also surprised that venison, or deer meat, was the main dish along with, lobster, mussels, eel, and fish.
As we compared how our Thanksgiving is similiar to the first we found that giving thanks was at the top of our list along with eating a huge meal coming in second.Other similiarties were the kinds of vegetables that were shared on that day and playing games with one another.
One thing we all can agree on is that Thanksgiving is a time for us to remember our blessings and be thankful . If the Native Americans and Pilgrims could be thankful after the horrible year they had endured, then surely we can find something or someone in our lives to be thankful for.
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This week we will begin our study of the first Europeans to journey to the new world and their interactions with the Native Americans.
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