Tradition is "an act which becomes regular when several people do it over a long period of time.  Have students use what they know about pilgrims and Native Americans to guess the kinds of foods they served in 1621
 

The First Thanksgiving

 
 

Aristotle's Thanksgiving on the Web

 
Virtual Plymouth Tour 

 

Children's Literature in the Social Studies Curriculum

The Pilgrims Mini-Unit:Pilgrims
Fifth Grade Level
Ann Michelle L. Brower



Complete a Venn Diagram showing how your life

and the Pilgrim's life are the same or different.





 
 

A cornucopia, also called a horn of plenty, is a symbol of abundance taken from an ancient legend. Thousands of years ago, the Greece believed that their god, Zeus, was reared by a beautiful maiden. As the story goes, she fed the infant Zeus an endless supply of goat's milk from a cornucopia, or goat's horn.  As centuries passed, most people forgot this ancient legend, but the cornucopia remained a symbol of an endless supply of food or drink .  As the history of the United States unfolded, the cornucopia became a symbol for Thanksgiving, the day set aside in thanks for abundance. From: The Teacher's Desk 

http://members.aol.com/Donnpages/USHolidays.html#THANKS

Corn Bread (Edward)
Edward's Demonstration at County 4-H Club
From: We Love to Cook


Ingredients 
2 eggs beaten 
11/2 cup buttermilk 
1/4 cup sugar 
1/4 cup oil
1 cup corn meal
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder 
3/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt 
 
This recipe doesn't quite go back to colonial times, but it is nearly 100 years old. It's easy to make and is really (really!) good. This
recipe for corn bread is from our private family cookbook, We Love to Cook, by The Jones Girls. 

TEACHING ABOUT THANKSGIVING

An excellent site for information on the real history and myth of Thanksgiving.
 

Today, in the United States, corn bread is often served as part of a Thanksgiving feast, but corn was unknown to the early American settlers. The Woodland Indians introduced them to corn and how to use it to make delicious foods.