History of Thanksgiving: http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/  Find out what was on the menu for the first Thanksgiving, debunk some common holiday myths, and listen to pilgrim interviews on this multimedia site.

The First Thanksgiving: http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/  This informative and interactive website introduces students to the first Thanksgiving

Pilgrim Hall Museum: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/hispaint.htm A collection of various history paintings depicting the pilgrims. Each image is annotated with a brief summary of what event the painting is depicting and general information about the artwork.

Tracing Our Own Family's Pilgrimage:  http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=84
Lesson plan for grades K-2.

Thanksgiving in American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/thanks/thanks.html
The official proclamation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, a montage of how Thanksgiving has been celebrated through the years, and a timeline are part of this interactive site.

Thanksgiving History: http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/  Lots of information, links, and teaching tips.

Web-Trek: Journey to Colonial America: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Treks/Colonial.Mini.trek.html
Students will visit a virtual and interactive plantation in Maryland, journey to Virginia and Jamestown, and spend some time with a family in colonial Connecticut in this guided web-trek.

Colonial America Ideas: http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/est572/joreste/ http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/benjamin%20crafts.html 
Ideas for Colonial activities and crafts

The Thirteen Colonies: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm
Information about the people and times during the Colonial period, and the 13 original colonies. (Grades 2-3)

American Girl Felicity in Colonial America: http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/felicity/colonial.php 
Join Felicity as she shows students around Colonial Williamsburg in the 17th century. (Grades 2-5)

Colonial Kids: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/introduction.htm  This interactive journey takes students through Colonial Pennsylvania during the 1700s. Interactive activities are also available. (Grades 2-4)

Pilgrim's Progress: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/teachers/pilgrims/index.html 
Students do research and answer questions from their own backgrounds to investigate the history of their families, their towns, or communities. They will also use archives to find out what was happening 200 years ago, who founded the town and why, who were the first Europeans in the area, why they came, etc. (Grades 5-8)

Interactive Colonial History: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html 
How well would you fare as a colonist? Learn more about the times and take this quiz. (Grades 5-12)

Colonial Reading: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/HarColo.html 
83 fascinating first hand accounts. Great reading to begin to gather an understanding for the times from the Colonists' perspective.

Colonial Economy: http://www.e-connections.org/lesson1/colonial.pdf  Students will explore the incentives, the trade practices, specialization, production, and related population growth figures in this unit on Colonial Economy for high school students.

Native American Facts for Kids: http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm 
Research material for students on Native American homes, lifestyles, and tribes.

Thanksgiving Mini Book: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/8_thanksgiving.pdf 

Thanksgiving Word Search: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Printables/Thanksgiving/THANKSGIVINGWordsearch.pdf

Thanksgiving Vocabulary Activities: http://www.vocabulary.com/turkeyday.html 

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