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THANKSGIVING:                
                    HISTORY AND MYTH

Thanksgiving Painting

The painting below shows one artist's idea of what the First Thanksgiving would have looked like.


 Move your mouse over the picture to see the vocabulary words in the box below.

Painting

 
 

 Source:

"The First Thanksgiving" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferrris (1863-1930)

Retrieved from: http://www.joyfulheart.com/thanksgiving/images/ferris-the-first-thanksgiving-1600x1025.jpg

 

 

Use the vocabulary words to answer the questions below:
  • 1. In the painting, who is giving the food?
         
  • 2. Who is receiving the food?
         
  • 3. Are the Native Americans more on the right or left side of the painting?
         
  • 4. Are the Pilgrims more on the right or left side of the painting?
         
  • 5. Is the forest more on the right or left side of the painting?
         
  • 6. Is the house more on the right or left side of the painting?
         
  • 7. Who is holding a sword?
         
  • 8. Who is holding a peace pipe?