Thanksgiving Unit

I know I haven't posted for a while, but I still use the links to the left all the time. I found one for Thanksgiving that is great and wanted to point out to other homeschooling/non-homeschooling families checking out this blog. Click on the link to the left for the free social studies curriculums and click on either the American Heritage elementary, middle school, or high school link according to your child's age. Scroll down and open the pdf file for the Thanksgiving Unit. It's brief but it's a good start.

Here are some more links to other Thanksgiving projects:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/

http://www.sail1620.org/teaching_games.shtml#ColoringBook

http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/celebrate/thanksgiving-coloring-pages/

http://abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/thanksgiving/
This one has some really fun stuff, including some cards to print off on card stock for a Thanksgiving memory game that we have already played and loved. It helps develop terms like "Mayflower" "Squanto" and "Pilgrims" in little kids' memories.

Most importantly, may our eyes be focused on thanking the Lord this Thanksgiving ahead of all of our modern-day traditions, just as our leaders have done before us, including Abe Lincoln. The main focus is what the pilgrims did: they left a life of what most Americans would consider "comfort" for the freedom to worship God as their almighty, merciful Father whom they each knew through a personal relationship with Christ. That kind of intimacy was against what the Church of England and those state churches allowed and thus, the pilgrims endured incredible hardship and for almost half of them, death, all for the freedom to continue their personal relationships with the Lord Jesus Christ. (Praise God for those of us who know that it's worth it!) Happy Thanksgiving!