Check Out the Thanksgiving-themed Writing Lesson on WordWriter Last month BoomWriter published a Halloween writing lesson that you could have conducted through their free WordWriter service. This month BoomWriter is offering a similar lesson plan with a Thanksgiving theme. The lesson plan that is appropriate for students in grades three through eight. WordWriter allows you to create vocabulary lists that you want your students to incorporate into a writing assignment. If you haven't tried BoomWriter or WordWriter before, check out my demonstration videos embedded below. Disclosure: BoomWriter is an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com
Thanksgiving Interactive: You are the Historian What really happened at the First Thanksgiving? Become a history detective and find out! In this fun, award-winning activity, you take on the role of a “history detective” to investigate what really happened at the famous 1621 celebration. begin your adventure Great for kids (and adults) of all ages, the activities are designed to address Massachusetts’ and national curriculum standards. What You'll Need Adobe Flash Player Internet Explorer 8 or better Firefox 3 or better Speakers or headphones - make sure your volume is turned up For best viewing, set your screen resolution to 1024x768 Downloading Due to the extremely high level of interest during the Thanksgiving season, you may experience slow response and loading times. Save the file OLC_Install.zip to your hard drive and un-zip the contents. You are the Historian is a production of Plimoth Plantation. Did you enjoy You are the Historian? The Journey of the Mayflower II
Teachers' Guide: Becoming a Historian Frequently Asked Questions Welcome Understanding Goals Introductory Performances Historian Skill: Separating Fact From Myth Corresponding Online Activity: Introductory Sequence, Home Page, Fact or Myth? Guided Inquiry Performances Historian Skill: Identifying and Analyzing Primary Sources Corresponding Online Activity: The Evidence Historian Skill: Making Educated Guesses Using Cultural Clues Corresponding Online Activities: The Wampanoag People; The English Colonists Historian Skill: Considering Multiple Points of View Corresponding Online Activity:The Path to 1621 Culminating Performances Corresponding Online Activity: Share What You Have Discovered Historian's Log Student Graphic Organizers Educational Standards Teaching for Understanding Resources Bibliography includes Plimoth Plantation publications and related web sites Welcome, and thank you for using the Becoming a Historian Teachers Guide. We are proud of these products, and also of the process that led to their creation. Back to top
Etats-Unis - Plymouth - www.visite-usa.fr Etat : Massachusetts fiche info (n.b. : une quinzaine de villes porte ce nom aux Etats-Unis).Population : 52.000 habitants. C'est une des plus anciennes villes des Etats-Unis. Elle fut fondée par des colons puritains anglais du Mayflower le 21 décembre 1620. Le 11 novembre 1620, le Mayflower fiche info, parti de Plymouth (en Angleterre) avec 102 immigrants, aborda les côtes américaines au Cape Cod, du côté de l'actuelle ville de Provincetown. Les principaux lieux à voir (le Mayflower II Museum et une réplique du Mayflower, et le Plymouth Rock) sont situés en bordure de la baie de Pymouth, dans le Pilgrim Memorial State Park. Sites Internet : (en anglais). Dernière révision : septembre 2012
KIDS Only? - Fun Stuff To Do - How Many Ways Can You Use a Buffalo? Put your mouse on different parts of the buffalo to discover how the Indians used everything from its beard—to its brains! They even found a use for bison doo-doo—it fueled their cooking fire. Aren't you glad your home has an oven? Did you know that the bison (or buffalo) is the biggest land animal in North America? They can weigh more than 2,000 pounds—that's as much as a car! In the early 1800s there were more bison than people in North America—at least 50 million versus perhaps 2 million humans. For thousands of years Native Americans hunted bison and valued it above all other animals.
How Thanksgiving Works - HowStuffWorks Have you ever wondered why Americans gather around the table each year and prepare to eat food regarded as traditional, but rarely assembled as a meal the rest of the year? Turkey, gravy, corn, stuffing, cranberries and pies take center stage on Thanksgiving. But Thanksgiving also stands out from other American holidays in the sense that it isn't tied to any specific religion, and you can pretty much celebrate it however you want. The only essential traditions are to enjoy a meal with friends or family and to give thanks for what you have. In the pantheon of holidays, Thanksgiving is about as simple as it gets. The holiday also honors American history, of course. Have you ever wondered where the particulars of this story and the other details of Thanksgiving actually come from?
Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activities - DreamBox Learning By @DreamBox_Learn on November 19th, 2010 How many people are coming over? How much food should we buy? How many pies should we make so each person gets a piece? Have your child determine what size turkey you need to feed everyone coming for dinner. Incorporating math into everyday activities can help strengthen a child’s conceptual understanding.
Wave power Wave power is the transport of energy by ocean surface waves, and the capture of that energy to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or the pumping of water (into reservoirs). A machine able to exploit wave power is generally known as a wave energy converter (WEC). Wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady gyre of ocean currents. Wave-power generation is not currently a widely employed commercial technology, although there have been attempts to use it since at least 1890.[1] In 2008, the first experimental wave farm was opened in Portugal, at the Aguçadoura Wave Park.[2] The major competitor of wave power is offshore wind power. Physical concepts[edit] When an object bobs up and down on a ripple in a pond, it experiences an elliptical trajectory. Motion of a particle in an ocean wave.A = At deep water. Oscillatory motion is highest at the surface and diminishes exponentially with depth. Wave power formula[edit] [b][10]
Thanksgiving Word Search Print out one of the word search puzzles; find and circle the Thanksgiving words listed. Instructions: As you look for the hidden words, remember that they can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal—frontward or backward. Craft Templates: Close template window when done printing to return to this screen. Easy Word Search - upper case color or B&W Easy Word Search - lower case color or B&W Hard Word Search - upper case color or B&W Hard Word Search - lower case color or B&W Printable version of these instructions Talk Like a Pilgrim "Good Morrow" "How Do You Fare, Goodwife?" The Pilgrims talked a little differently than we do today. If you visit the Museum's 17th-Century English Village, you will notice that the townspeople say words you know in a funny way, or even say some words you don't know at all! That's because they are speaking in 17th-century English, not 21st-century modern English. Here are a few examples of English words, greetings and phrases that were used back then. Instead of "Hi, how are you?" "Good morrow" Press to listen "How now?" "How do you fare?" "What cheer?" Instead of "Excuse me," the Colonists might say: "Pray pardon me" Pressto listen Instead of "Congratulations!" "Huzzah!" Instead of "goodbye," the Colonists might say: "God bye to you" Press to listen "Fare thee well" Press to listen "Pray remember me" Press to listen Some more "new" words from old English: Instead of fireplace, say "hearth" Press to listen Instead of cat, say "mouser" Pressto listen Back to Top