Thanksgiving Homeschool Resources
Before you celebrate Thanksgiving by visiting family and friends and eating turkey, have your students complete some of these free Thanksgiving lessons to learn more about the history of this North American holiday.
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Thanksgiving Library List
Thanksgiving History Books:
Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast by Kate Waters – Presents a reenactment of the first Thanksgiving.
If You Were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma and Bert Dodson
Magic Treehouse: Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne – Jack and Annie travel in their magic treehouse to the year 1621, where they celebrate the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in the New Plymouth Colony.
On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship’s Apprentice & a Passenger Girl by Kate Waters – The story of two young people crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters – Follows a 6-year-old boy through a busy day in the spring of 1627.
Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters – Follows a Pilgrim girl through a typical day.
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dagliesh
Modern-day Thanksgiving Picture Books:
Little Critter: Just a Special Thanksgiving by Mercer Mayer
Thanksgiving in the Woods by Phyllis Alsdurf
The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks by Jan Berenstain
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet
Multi-Subject Thanksgiving Lapbook & Unit Studies
All About Pumpkins Unit Study for Preschool and Kindergarten
Thanksgiving Notebooking Printables
Thanksgiving Turkeys Notebooking Pages (12 pages in 3 Levels)
Turkeys Notebooking Pages (includes Turkey anatomy worksheets)
Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth Rock Notebooking Page
Thanksgiving Worksheets
Thanksgiving Picture Crossword
Thanksgiving Week Activities
Here’s a multi-subject list of No-Stress Thanksgiving activities for your kids to work on during the week of Thanksgiving while you frantically clean the baseboards before company comes. LOL
And another (extensive) list of resources for learning about Thanksgiving–including STEM, music, character, games, fun printables, book recommendations, and of course, history at our sister site, Whole Child Homeschool.
My friend Tauna at Proverbial Homemaker has a Thanksgiving Brick (LEGO) Challenge that your elementary kiddos will love!
History of Thanksgiving
Tour the replica Plymouth Village to learn about the pilgrim’s daily life. Or check out the virtual field trip with Scholastic.
Tour a replica home site of the Wampaong
Take a tour of the replica Mayflower II