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Thanksgiving
This month is Thanksgiving time! It is celebrated in the United States of America on the fourth Thursday in November, which means that this year it will be held on … November.
It has been a national holiday since 1863 and it commemorates the first joint thanksgiving dinner which took place in 1622.
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada.
Thanksgiving was a holiday to express thankfulness, gratitude, and appreciation to God, family and friends for which all have been blessed of material possessions and relationships.
Traditionally, it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest.
Harvest: the collection of the crop from the fields (=cosecha)
Thanks= gracias Thankful: adjective: a person who
shows gratitude Thankfulness: (Noun): gratitude Bless: regular verb: bendecir Relationship:
What’s Thanksgiving? A harvest festival and a national holiday.
It’s a festival to say thanks to God Where is it celebrated?
In the USA and Canada, where it’s national holiday.
When is it celebrated? The fourth Thursday in November in the USA, but
it is celebrated the second Monday in October in Canada.
What’s the meaning of Thanksgiving? The meaning of this festival is to express
thanks toGod for the food and relationships.
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Thursday of November.
In Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
By the year 1620, a group of people travelled by ship from Britain to America. They were called The Pilgrims and their ship, The Mayflower. They arrived at Plymouth and settled there.
The first winter was hard and they didn’t collect anything so a lot of them died because of the wild winter and the lack of food.
Europe andUnited Kingdom
Plymouth
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Wales
The British Islands
But the next year, the native American Indian helped them and they learned from them so they had a big harvest.
They celebrated it with a big party to say thanks to God for the harvest and the relationships
Who were The Pilgrims? The first European people (mostly from
Britain) who travelled to America looking for a better life.
How and when did they travel to America? They travelled to America by ship (sailed)
What happened the first winter? There was a wild winter and they didn’t
recollect anything
What happened the next winter and what did they do? The native American Indian helped them
and they had a big harvest so they made a big party to say thanks to God.
Travel by ship: sail Travel by car: drive-drove-driven Travel by plane: fly-flew-flown Ride (rode-ridden) a bike: cycle
They travelled by ship to America: they sailed to America.
He travelled by car around the country: he drove around the country.
I travelled by plane to China: I flew to China. They were riding their bikes in the
mountains: They were cycling in the mountains
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The year has turned its circle,The seasons come and go.The harvest is all gathered inAnd chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have shared their treasures,The fields, their yellow grain.So open wide the doorway-Thanksgiving comes again!
Pilgrim Native Indian
Turkey
What’s Thanksgiving? Where is it celebrated? When is it celebrated? What’s the meaning of Thanksgiving?
Who were The Pilgrims? How and when did they travel to
America? What happened the first winter? What happened the next winter and
what did they do?