While writing these I had to step away from the victimhood and pity that came come with white privilege. I had to get out of the liberal bubble I was sitting in with my friends touting on and on about how the white people murdered all the Indians. I had to begin to look for a diversity of ideas that did not cling to a view that we all enjoy, being a horse with blinders on. I began to look for more.. and I quickly found it.
Thanksgiving Lesson Plan:
Goal: world-wide view, having an understanding of what is
similar to thanksgiving that others celebrate around the world
Entry Ticket: What is your favorite thing about
Thanksgiving?
Intro: In the US many of us celebrate Thanksgiving, if you
speak with people from other countries they often mention that they have
nothing like thanksgiving in their country. With the Turkey, the stories about
Indians and Pilgrims (whether they are true or not) all the side dishes and the
pie. Even newer traditions like the Turkey trot or a walk among the stars after
dinner.
When we look a bit further into the history of thanksgiving
we can see that it is a Harvest festival.
(Write definition of Harvest Festival)
an annual
celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region.
Today we
will all be looking at different Harvest Festivals around the world. The list
on the board will be your options. I will need you to break up into groups of 4
and assigning tasks among the groups.
The tasks
will be Recorder, Researcher 1, Researcher 2 and Speaker
The
topics are,
Canada
The Yam Festival in
Ghana
The Harvest Moon
Festival in China
Chusok (Korean)
Têt-Trung-Thu in
Vietnam
In South America
Succoth (Jewish)
Pongal (January 14) in
India
Baisakhi (April 13)
India
Lohri (January 13) India
Onam (mid-August) India
You have 30 Minutes to
answer 5 W’s and an H about these celebrations.
Who, What, Where, When,
Why and How.
The last 10 Minutes of
class will be Snap presentations! Speakers be ready to share some info!
Thanksgiving Lesson
Plan 2
Goal: Identifying
multiple perspectives of the participants at the symbolic first thanksgiving.
Using MLA format practicing citing sources, and putting ourselves in the shoes
of people that we will be either celebrating or mourning this week.
Task: Worksheet for
students to fill out guiding them on research about the Origins of
thanksgiving.
Hint: Initial Tribes
Pokanoket
Narragansett
Nauset
Introduction:
We all have heard about
the history of thanksgiving, and two main stories circulate. We all know with
our historical minds that the truth is most likely somewhere between these two,
so where is it? That is what we will be looking for today. You can work in
groups or alone, or as an entire class, the goal today is to walk out of class
with a solid idea of who was involved at the first thanksgiving and identify
the perspectives of all involved.
I will be walking
around listening in, because I can almost always learn something new during
this activity. I might also join in with the class if we do this in a whole
class activity. I will give you 5 minutes to grab laptops and figure out the
grouping situation together as a class.
Thanksgiving Worksheet
Who were the Native
groups involved at the first thanksgiving? Three of them exist, please list
them, a short description of the Tribe and how interactions with the Pilgrims
went. Please cite your source at the bottom of this page in MLA format.
Who were the Pilgrims?
Where did they come from and why did they come to the US? Please find a Primary
source (+1 Extra Credit Point) or a secondary source about the Pilgrims
interactions with the Natives, what was their perspective? Please cite your
source at the bottom of this page in MLA format.
Write a reflection
about something you learned from this research, whether it be practicing MLA
format or the experiences that the Natives had with the Pilgrims and vice
versa.
For extra credit: Write
a rose, bud, thorn from the perspective of the Pilgrims and the Natives.
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