Thanksgiving

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Links verified 11/7/09

General Resources |Poetry & Song | Crafts

1. General Thanksgiving Resources
	1.	Thanksgiving placemats for your Thanksgiving Table.
	2.	Fill in the blanks for a "gut busting" Thanksgiving story from National Geographic Kids
	3.	The First Thanksgiving - Learn how the Pilgrims reached America and lived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving; from Scholastic
	4.	Thanksgiving and Pilgrims - Resource with many links.
	5.	Can you find the Thanksgiving words in this interactive Seek-A-Word puzzle?
	6.	With relatives visiting, how about a fun game of Tic-Tac-Turkey? Print out the board and the playing pieces from this page.
	7.	Talk like a Pilgrim!
	8.	Do you need more pages to color, or mazes to follow? Come here for material to print out.
	9.	While you are waiting for the turkey to finish roasting play a game of Spin-the-Turkey. Go here to download the game. (PC/Windows only, sorry Mac)
	10.	Test your knowledge of Thanksgiving. Read each question and click on the button in front of your answer. The computer will keep score for you.
	11.	You are the Historian : Investigating the first Thanksgiving - If you are doing research on Thanksgiving in American history this page would be a good starting place.
	12.	Find out everything you want to know about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims who came to America on the ship.
	13.	Thanksgiving World - information on history, quotes, facts, recipes,songs, poetry, and gifts ideas
	14.	In the mood for some history? Read Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation.
	15.	This history of Thanksgiving does not start with the Pilgrims.
	16.	CNN's Thanksgiving on the web is from 1996, but Thanksgiving is Thanksgiving.
	17.	Enchanted Learning has a great page stuffed full of Thanksgiving crafts.
	18.	Thanksgiving facts, poems and crafts.
	19.	Thanksgiving Activities from the Teacher's Corner
	20.	An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
	21.	Find out all about Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
	22.	WorkshopQuest: Giving Thanks - Thanksgiving Resources on the Web for Educators
	23.	More? Click on the turkey to get some other craft and food ideas.

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2. Thanksgiving Poetry
	1.	Bethany Roberts' Thanksgiving Fun for Kids: Thanksgiving Poems and Songs
	2.	More Thanksgiving Poems and Songs from Bethany Roberts
	3.	D. J. McAdam presents three Thanksgiving poems to commemorate the true meaning of the holiday.
	4.	Thanksgiving Poems and Songs from Alphabet Soup
	5.	Mrs. Marks's 2rd Grade class wrote Thanksgiving Poems for 2005 (a Young Poets site)
	6.	Thanksgiving poems at the Holiday Zone
	7.	Two Thanksgiving poems from the Teacher's Corner
	8.	A Thanksgiving Hymn and an After-Thanksgiving Poem
	9.	Elaine's Thanksgiving Page has a short history of the holiday followed by two dozen poems
	10.	Early Literacy, a Telecollaborative Project presents Thanksgiving Poems

Click the turkey to go to the activity! 3. Thanksgiving Crafts
	1.	Thanksgiving Crafts, Decorations, and Printouts from Enchanted Learning
	2.	Do you need pages to color, or mazes to follow? Come here for material to print.
	3.	Kids Domain has dozens of Thanksgiving craft ideas.
	4.	Crafts for Kids - Thanksgiving Crafts
	5.	Thanksgiving Activities from DLTK's Crafts for Kids
	6.	Place cards for the Thanksgiving dinner table - three styles to choose from
	7.	Thanksgiving Crafts from BillyBear4Kids (ignore the flashing ad, you did not win)
	8.	A Feast of Thanksgiving Family Fun from About.com
	9.	Quick & Easy Thanksgiving Crafts
	10.	Family Fun, Thanksgiving Planner
	11.	Thanksgiving Quilt - Grade Level: K-2 - from the A to Z Teacher Stuff Network
	12.	Amazing Moms has several neat craft ideas.
	13.	Pipe cleaner Turkey from Kids Domain.
	14.	Turkey Day Fun - Each feather on the turkey symbolizes something that you're thankful for.
	15.	Thanksgiving dinner tastes even better when it's served on a cheery, personalized place mat.
	16.	Thanksgiving Projects, Decorating Tips, and Recipes from Make-Stuff.com.
	17.	Dozens of good crafts ideas from Preschool Education.
	18.	Thanksgiving Cards - Select from a wide variety of cards to send to friends.
	19.	Thanksgiving Crafts from Making Friends - Cool crafts for kewl kids.
	20.	Thanksgiving Crafts, Stickers, Mazes and more from Ziggity Zoom.