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By hescollin

PUMPKIN MELTS
Slice of bread, Slice of Cheese
Use pumpkin or other shape.
Call them_--the shape--_Melts.
Cut out shape from bread and cheese.
Put cheese cut out on top of bread cut out.
Melt
in microwave and eat.

Use your hand and draw a turkey. Thumb is the head. Write four things on the fingers that you are thankful for.

Here's a terrific powerpoint on The First Thanksgiving~ ( I just found this power point. It is super. It is a huge file and will take along time to load….
http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/djm/vste/page6.html

Be sure and

turn on the volume. There is quiz that follows the show.

Sadly they have used the term "Indian" and are using some stereotypical pictures in their presentation. Both of these are things I don't allow in my classroom.

For anyone interested in Thanksgiving information that I recommend:

Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy

Mayflower 1620 : A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage
by Catherine O'Neill Grace

I also recommend presenting the Plimoth Plantation's website to your class. My students loved it last year and there are a lot of interactive parts to the website.

You can find it here:
http://www.plimoth.org/

Turkey Cookie Recipe
decorate a cookie to look like a turkey
Ingrdients:
• Chocolate Wafer Cookie (or Vanilla Wafer)
• Chocolate Frosting
• Candy Corn
• Malted Milk Ball or Mini Peanut Butter Cup
• Fruit Roll-Up Candy
• Candy Sprinkles
Instructions:
Spread the chocolate frosting on the cookie. Place the malted milk ball or peanut butter cup on the frosting (figure 1). Place the candy corn around the malted milk ball (figure 2).

Cut shapes out of the Fruit Roll-Up to be the turkeys beak and waddle. Cut out feet too if you like. Stick them on the malted milk ball or peanut butter cup using the frosting as 'glue'. Use candy sprinkles for the eyes.