Introduction
 Thanksgiving Painting
 Traditional Story
 Primary Sources
 Wamsutta's Speech


THANKSGIVING:                
                    HISTORY AND MYTH

 

Review Questions

Answer the questions below, based on what you learned on the previous pages.  Use the links above if you need to go back to a page to review the information.


Vocabulary: Choose the correct word from the drop-down box to match the definition.

an area with many trees

a building where people live

the first people who lived in the Americas

a group of colonists who came from England to Plymouth

to get something, or be given something, by someone else

to make a present of something

a weapon with a long, sharp metal blade

a pipe that is smoked by Native Americans in a special ceremony of peace



put in jail

large boat

violent or not calm

empty

collected

past tense of "dig"; made a hole in the ground

the place where a dead body is buried

a date that is remembered because of an important event that happened on that day during a previous year

people who are forced to work for no pay

the past tense of "rob"; stole

the people who were in your family in the past

wild like an animal



Short answer: Write an answer to each question in the box below it.
  • 1. In the traditional story of Thanksgiving, who provided food, and who received food?
         
  • 2. In the historical primary sources about Thanksgiving, who provided food, and who robbed or stole food?
         
  




The sign says:

WE ARE NOT VANISHING

WE ARE NOT CONQUERED

WE ARE AS
STRONG AS EVER

UAINE.org
(United American Indians of New England)

from the National Day of Mourning protest on Thanksgiving 2008

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Photograph Analysis: Answer the following questions, based on the photograph above.
  • 3. In the photograph, who are the people marching in this protest? How do you know?
         
  • 4. What is the message that they are communicating?
         
  • 5. Why would the group have this protest on the same day as Thanksgiving?
         
  • 6. What is your opinion?  Should people celebrate Thanksgiving or protest it? Why?
         




The End!