PILGRIMS

MANY OF THE PILGRIMS BECAME SICK AND DIED.

IN MARCH, THE REMAINING PILGRIMS MOVED OUT OF THE SHIP AND ONTO LAND.

SHORTLY AFTER MOVING ONTO LAND, THE PILGRIMS EXPERIENCED SOMETHING AMAZING. THEY RECEIVED A VISIT FROM A NATIVE

AMERICAN NAMED ABENAKI WHO, TO THEIR GREAT SURPRISE, GREETED THEM IN ENGLISH! TWO DAYS LATER ABENAKI RETURNED WITH HIS

FRIEND SQUANTO.

SQUANTO STAYED WITH THE PILGRIMS FOR A LONG TIME. HE HELPED THE PILGRIMS BY SHOWING THEM HOW TO GROW CORN, HOW TO FISH, AND HOW TO

AVOID POISONOUS PLANTS. HE ALSO HELPED THE PILGRIMS FORM A PARTNERSHIP WITH A NEARBY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE CALLED THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE.

IN NOVEMBER 1621, THE PILGRIMS HAD THEIR FIRST SUCCESSFUL HARVEST, THANKS TO SQUANTO AND THE

HELP OF THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN FRIENDS.

TOGETHER THEY CELEBRATED THE HARVEST BY HAVING AN ENORMOUS FEAST THAT LASTED FOR THREE DAYS. THE

HARMONY AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE PILGRIMS AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS LASTED FOR MANY YEARS.

FOLLOWING AN AUTUMN HARVEST FEAST WAS CELEBRATED INFORMALLY BY AMERICANS FOR MANY YEARS AS A WAY TO

CELEBRATE THE HARVEST AND GIVE THANKS TO GOD.

EVENTUALLY THANKSGIVING WAS DECLARED A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. TODAY AMERICANS TRADITIONALLY GATHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES ON THIS HOLIDAY. THEY USUALLY SHARE A LARGE MEAL TOGETHER, TAKING TIME TO

EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN THEIR LIVES.

INFORMATION GAP

• Write this in your notebook:• Word Bank• After the long voyage• Two days• Following• In November 1621• Eventually• Unexpectedly• Since then• In September 1620• Shortly• After that

HOMEWORK

• Quiz on describing objects, people, places, and movies will be next week • Assessment four will be given in two weeks. • Extra credit opportunity, you can say the tongue

twister three times with correct pronunciation. • Thirteen very thirsty vampires found victims in the vast

valley village.