Middle School Thanksgiving Cultural Activities

Thanksgiving : History, Traditions, Parades, Cranberry Harvest

By Reading Club Fun

This Thanksgiving puzzle packet is a cornucopia of good times and sound lessons for children. This packet includes:

  • Activity Set: crossword puzzle about history of the holiday; second crossword about family traditions for Thanksgiving; color-in about the holiday's nickname.
  • Words to Know: word search puzzle that reinforces key vocabulary from the Activity Set.
  • Thanksgiving Day Parades: Crossword that discusses the history of major Thanksgiving parades in the U.S., with special emphasis on the evolution of the Macy's parade in NYC.
  • Harvesting Cranberries: Crossword puzzle that explains how the popular Thanksgiving treat is grown, harvested and brought to America's dinner tables.
  • FREE – Puzzling Bookmarks: Children complete a small word search and maze relating to Thanksgiving, and then cut out the puzzles to use them as bookmarks in their favorite books.
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What Are You Thankful For? (Thanksgiving) Gratitude Word Search Puzzle

By Reading Club Fun

Thanksgiving is here. We're thankful for, and show gratitude for, many people, places and things in our lives. Students will find and circle the people and things that they are thankful for in their lives with this Thanksgiving-themed Word Search Puzzle! A great way to start a discussion with your students.

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Keywords: thankful | family | community

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Thanksgiving Then & Now Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle

By Reading Club Fun

Thanksgiving then and now. Learn about Thanksgiving traditions with this word search puzzle that features 50 key vocabulary words.

SAVE – Buy our Thanksgiving Then & Now Set with extra puzzles and bonuses!

Vocabulary Words:

America carrots celebrate contests corn cornucopia cranberry sauce decoration dessert dessert dinner England family feast food football freedom friends fruit grapes gravy green beans hiking ice cream march mashed potatoes Massachusetts Mayflower ninety November nuts parade Patuxet pie Pilgrims Plymouth Pokanoket pumpkin shopping Squanto stuffing table thankful Thanksgiving travel tribe turkey visit walks winter

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Thanksgiving Vocab Puzzles | Día de Acción de Gracias | Wordsearch and Crossword

By Senorita Creativa

Are you looking for an easy and low-prep way to review Thanksgiving vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! These fun word puzzles (in pdf form) are a great way to practice or review holiday vocab with your students. There are 25 Thanksgiving-related words included in the five puzzles.

This file includes:

  • one crossword (with clues in English)
  • one word search (with clues in English)
  • one mystery word puzzle, also known as "crack the code" (with pictures, no English)
  • one word jumble puzzle (without clues)
  • one vocab matching (match Spanish to English)
  • answer keys for each puzzle
  • a table of contents
  • teacher tips page

© 2014-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

$4.00

Thanksgiving Vocab Powerpoint with Pictures | Día de Acción de Gracias

By Senorita Creativa

Are you looking for a fun way to introduce or review Thanksgiving vocabulary in Spanish with your students? Look no further! Included in this PowerPoint are 30 terms represented on 32 slides (plus a title page, a teacher tips page, and terms of use).

The terms represented include:

  • Thanksgiving foods (such as stuffing, turkey, and corn on the cob)
  • People (Native American, Pilgrim, family)
  • other related vocabulary (such as to give thanks, delicious, and traditions)

Each slide is animated so that the picture appears first, followed by the Spanish term, and finally the English term.

**Please note that the pictures are covered by white boxes that are animated to disappear when in presentation mode. When viewing the presentation in any mode other than “presentation mode”, it looks like there aren’t any pictures.**

My students really enjoy when we use this as a review with whiteboards. Make sure to check out the preview for a complete list of terms. Please note that the terms in the presentation are NOT editable, although slides may be deleted or rearranged. I have also included a blank slide at the end so that you can add your own terms and images.

© 2014-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

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Thanksgiving Domino Game | Día de Acción de Gracias Dominoes

By Senorita Creativa

Are you looking for an easy and low-prep way to review Thanksgiving vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! In this resource, students will match the Spanish term to the picture or English translation. Print enough for your whole class to play in small groups, or use this as a learning center. There are 30 pairs of Thanksgiving-related words included in this domino game (both judías verdes and ejotes are included to choose from).

This file includes:

  • four pages of eight dominoes (30 dominoes total)
  • teacher tips page

© 2013-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

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Thanksgiving Spanish Bingo Game | el Día de Día de Acción de Gracias

By Senorita Creativa

Are you looking for a fun and highly engaging game for your Spanish students? Play Thanksgiving bingo! All you need is one bingo sheet per student and items to mark their board (such as pieces of paper or beans). You call out terms from the Call List included with the game and your students race to be the first to get a bingo. The Call List includes all terms from the bingo boards in Spanish.

This special Thanksgiving-themed Bingo game includes:

  • 28 terms for describing Thanksgiving traditions and activities
  • 40 different game boards with Spanish terms only (both color and black-and-white versions are included for a total of 80 boards)
  • 40 different game boards with pictures only (color version only is included with two boards per page for a total of 40 boards on 20 total pages)
  • a Call List
  • Teacher Tips
  • Table of Contents

© 2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

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Thanksgiving Bundle | Día de Acción de Gracias Bundle

By Senorita Creativa

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Thanksgiving-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice Thanksgiving foods and holiday terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

  • a vocab PowerPoint (33 slides!)
  • 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
  • 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)
  • 1 domino game with 30 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
  • 1 bingo game (with a call list, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
  • a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Thanksgiving vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2013-2021 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

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Free-What is Thanksgiving? Digital History Lesson, Question & Answer, Google

By Kiwious About Vocab

What is Thanksgiving? - A HISTORY MINI-LESSON

This 10 slide digital Google Slide Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?
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FREE What is Thanksgiving? Digital History lesson, question & answer format, PPT

By Kiwious About Vocab

What is Thanksgiving? - A HISTORY MINI-LESSON

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?
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Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY Unit: PreReading, Writing, History PowerPoint

By Kiwious About Vocab

Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY POWERPOINT Bundle includes

3 cross-curricular lessons for the holiday:

  • Prereading Vocabulary Introduction to short story, The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
  • Quotation Analysis Writing Lesson
  • *Plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

..............................HISTORY MINI-LESSON-...................

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?

.......................................READING LESSON...............................

PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTION provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the short story, *The Thanksgiving Visitor, by Truman Capote.
* Audio Link to text included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTION

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

Vocabulary Words: shiftless, surly, goad, menagerie, quibble, mirth, sacrilegious, skitter, suffuse, relegated
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

......................................WRITING LESSON-................................

This Google Slide Lesson in Gratitude Writing Prompts package provides 15 notable quotations for students to ponder, analyze and critique in a written paragraph format. The quotes express thankfulness and gratitude; perfect for Thanksgiving.

This month-long collection of higher-level thinking quotes will provide a catalyst for summarizing, paraphrasing, using synonyms, antonyms and thesaurus words in an organized sequence of complete sentences using the templates provided.

PRODUCT CONTAINS:

*PDF FILE: daily directions, teacher suggestions, hints and tips to improve written responses, printable writing templates for student support.

*GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON: 15 soothing, aesthetic quotation slides to be used daily or printed for the classroom selected specifically for student analysis

SEE what teachers are saying...

“What a wonderful and relaxing way to start each morning! I love the quotes!! This resource set my kids up for success and gave me a very specific method to improve their writing.“

These lessons are also available in GOOGLE SLIDES

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Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY Unit: PreReading, Writing, History Google Slide

By Kiwious About Vocab

Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle includes

3 cross-curricular lessons for the holiday:

  • Prereading Vocabulary Introduction to short story, The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
  • Quotation Analysis Writing Lesson
  • *Plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

..............................HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE....................

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?

.......................................READING LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDES................................

PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTION provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the short story, *The Thanksgiving Visitor, by Truman Capote.
* Audio Link to text included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTION

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

Vocabulary Words: shiftless, surly, goad, menagerie, quibble, mirth, sacrilegious, skitter, suffuse, relegated

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

......................................WRITING LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDES.................................

This Google Slide Lesson in Gratitude Writing Prompts package provides 15 notable quotations for students to ponder, analyze and critique in a written paragraph format. The quotes express thankfulness and gratitude; perfect for Thanksgiving.

This month-long collection of higher-level thinking quotes will provide a catalyst for summarizing, paraphrasing, using synonyms, antonyms and thesaurus words in an organized sequence of complete sentences using the templates provided.

PRODUCT CONTAINS:

*PDF FILE: daily directions, teacher suggestions, hints and tips to improve written responses, printable writing templates for student support.

*GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON: 15 soothing, aesthetic quotation slides to be used daily or printed for the classroom selected specifically for student analysis

SEE what teachers are saying...

“What a wonderful and relaxing way to start each morning! I love the quotes!! This resource set my kids up for success and gave me a very specific method to improve their writing.“

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint

$8.25
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Thanksgiving History Lesson plus 2 Thanksgiving short story vocab intro, GOOGLE

By Kiwious About Vocab

Thanksgiving ELA GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle: 2 Prereading Introductions *plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

A HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?

.............................................PLUS..............................................................

2 GOOGLE SLIDE PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTIONS provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving:

**TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry
**THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes
* PDF LINKS to texts are included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTIONS

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text7
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in Google Slides.

$8.50
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Thanksgiving History Lesson plus 2 Thanksgiving story vocab introductions PPT

By Kiwious About Vocab

Thanksgiving ELA POWERPOINT Bundle: 2 Prereading Introductions *plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

A HISTORY MINI-LESSON-POWERPOINT

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?

.............................................PLUS..............................................................

2 PowerPoint PREREADING SHORT STORY INRODUCTIONS provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving:

**TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry
**THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes
* PDF LINKS to texts are included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTIONS

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text7
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in Google Slides.

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Thanksgiving Recipe Remix Activity

By Sara Matherne

The Thanksgiving Recipe Remix is a creative and engaging classroom activity that brings Thanksgiving-themed fun into a standards-aligned lesson.

Students get to craft their own unique twist on classic Thanksgiving dishes by combining traditional recipes with unexpected "twist" ingredients. Then, they’ll plan and present a persuasive commercial to “sell” their dish to the class.

This project is perfect for winding down before Thanksgiving break while keeping students’ reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills sharp. With recipe cards, twist ingredient cards, detailed worksheets for different grade levels, and a commercial planning sheet, this ready-to-go activity saves teachers planning time and provides students with an experience that blends creativity with academic rigor.

Bring some festive fun to your classroom—your students will love it!

$5.00

Thanksgiving Activity Research and Reading Comprehension for Middle School

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you want to engage and motivate your students to learn about Thanksgiving? Do you need a comprehensive Thanksgiving activity that is easy to differentiate? Then download this Thanksgiving Activity Research and Reading Comprehension for Middle School resource!

You'll receive the activity in print and digital formats when you purchase this scavenger hunt resource. The research questions provided allow for scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can even use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more about Thanksgiving with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

How you can use this resource:

  • This can be completed in one full 45-minute class
  • Great for meaningful homework OR extra credit
  • Makes for a great sub-plans

This resource includes:

  • Multi-step WebQuest/scavenger hunt (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers).
  • Reflection questions
  • Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
  • Instructions, Answer Key, Terms of Use

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Other Resources You'll LOVE:

  • Thanksgiving Around the World
  • Thanksgiving Bulletin Board - Quotes & SEL Reflections
  • Thanksgiving TRUTH or DARE Activity
  • Thanksgiving 3 Trivia Games with Handout
  • Thanksgiving BUNDLE WebQuest, Bulletin Board, 3 Trivia Games
$4.99

Thanksgiving Activity No Prep Trivia Games for Middle School English or History

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you want to make learning about Thanksgiving fun? Do you want to engage and motivate your students to learn about this holiday? Then download this Thanksgiving Activity No Prep Trivia Games for Middle School resource! Your students will learn the history and traditions with these engaging trivia games!

These individual or team-building activities are well suited for the Language Arts or Social Studies classroom. Use it as an engaging opener, attention-getter, a brain break, or build right into your lesson plans! Games can be played while moving around the classroom or sitting in their seats or on the floor.

A handout is included to be used as quiet seat work or emergency sub plans!

This resource includes:

  • 40+ unique multiple-choice trivia questions
  • The same questions in True/False format for speed rounds
  • Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games
  • Answers (answers to each question are in BOLD)
  • Handout of questions for quiet seat work or sub plans
  • Terms of Use

How to use this resource:

  • For a classroom party
  • For sub plans
  • When your students need a 'brain break'
  • And more!

✈️ Click here to follow A World to Explore Store and be the first to know about brand-new games and activities!

Other Resources You'll LOVE:

  • Thanksgiving WebQuest
  • Thanksgiving Bulletin Board - Quotes & SEL Reflections
  • Thanksgiving TRUTH or DARE Activity
  • Thanksgiving BUNDLE WebQuest, Bulletin Board, 3 Trivia Games
$3.00

THANKSGIVING Around the World Activity WebQuest Middle School History English

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you want to make learning about Thanksgiving FUN? Do you want to engage and motivate your students? Do you want to support diversity and an inclusive classroom? Then download this Thanksgiving Around the World Activity a Research WebQuest on Global Cultures! Your students will learn about Thanksgiving in Grenada, Liberia, Canada, Japan, Barbados, South Korea, Saint Lucia, Norfolk Island, and the USA.

When you purchase this scavenger hunt resource, you'll receive the activity in both print and digital formats. The research questions provided allow for scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can even use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

Ways to Use This Resource:

  • Full Class Activity
  • Day Before or After Winter Break Lesson
  • Small Group Instruction
  • Homework
  • Extra Credit
  • Substitute Plan
  • ... and more!

This resource includes:

  • WebQuest/scavenger hunt with relevant multi-step questions (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers).

  • Reflection questions

  • Live links are provided on the last page of the resource

  • Instructions, Answer Key, Terms of Use

✈️ Click here to follow A World to Explore Store and be the first to know about brand-new games and activities!

Other Resources You'll LOVE:

  • Thanksgiving WebQuest
  • Thanksgiving Bulletin Board - Quotes & SEL Reflections
  • Thanksgiving TRUTH or DARE Activity
  • Thanksgiving 3 Trivia Games with Handout
  • Thanksgiving BUNDLE WebQuest, Bulletin Board, 3 Trivia Games

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Native American Heritage Month Bulletin Board Set

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Looking for a simple and powerful way to celebrate diversity in your classroom? Do you need an inclusive and engaging bulletin board? Do you want to support your students in learning about Native American culture? Then download my Native American Heritage Month Bulletin Board Set!

These 14 inspirational quotes by Native Americans are perfect for Native American Heritage Month or Indigenous Peoples' Day! For classroom décor, bulletin boards, or door decorations, they are a beautiful addition to any class. Quotes from Cherokee, Duwamish, Nez Perce, Hopi, and others, these quotes will surely resonate with your students. A handout with all the quotes is included.

Quotes included in this set:

  • ”Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.” ~Duwamish
  • "We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” ~Dakota
  • ”It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.” ~Shenandoah 
  • And many more!

To Print: Print on regular 8.5 X 11 paper. No prep!

Resources included in this purchase:

  • 14 unique quotes by Native American and Indigenous People

  • 3 different "Title" posters for your bulletin board including the following:

  • "OCTOBER 11 is Indigenous Peoples' Day"

  • "NOVEMBER is Native American Heritage Month"

  • "NOVEMBER is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month"

  • Terms of Use

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$4.99

Thanksgiving Mindfulness Coloring Activity Middle School SEL Zentangles

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you need a calming yet engaging activity before Thanksgiving break? These mindfulness coloring pages can be used as calm down strategies or for self care. Perfect for young adults, your students will enjoy coloring these turkeys that come with or without one of 2 sayings.

How to use this product:

  • As a way to relax and calm down before or after a test

Why Zentangles?

  • For relaxation
  • Relieve stress
  • Team building
  • Increase attention span
  • Increase concentrate
  • Make beautiful art!

This product includes:

  • 1 pattern with fun sayings (Happy Thanksgiving or Gobble Gobble) or without a saying
  • Terms of Use

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$1.00