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The origin of Thanksgiving The origin of Thanksgiving DayDay
•The first period
* time : December ,1620
A group of Englishmen arrived in Plymouth in the Mayflower and settled down there.
* time: during the winter
• 47 of the 103 Mayflower passengers died , but the rest did not lose hope.
They were eating fish ,along with wild game from the woods.
December 13,1621 was set aside for celebration.
* Third period• Time: 1789
George Washington declared November 26th,1789 to be Thanksgiving Day.
• Time : later
Abraham Lincoln decided the last Thursday in November be Thanksgiving Day.
* Questions---
• What’s the name of the ship that Englishmen use ?
Mayflower . • How many passengers died at that
time ? 47 passengers died.
• When the first celebration began ? On December 13,1621.• Who declared November 26,1789 to be
Thanksgiving Day? George Washington.• What did Abraham Lincoln decide? He decided the last Thursday in
November be Thanksgiving Day.
Homework---Homework---
Search more information about Search more information about Thanksgiving Day on the internet. Thanksgiving Day on the internet.
Make a Thanksgiving card with Make a Thanksgiving card with warm wishes , and always remember warm wishes , and always remember to say thanks to others .to say thanks to others .