Facts
What did the article call the Pilgrims?
Puritans
This is the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.
What is the Mayflower?
This is the sport that is most watched on Thanksgiving Day
What is football?
What is usually the main dish Americans usually eat for Thanksgiving?
Turkey (sometimes ham)
What is a male turkey called?
Gobbler or Tom
What food was eaten at the first Thanksgiving?
Shell fish, corn, goose, duck, or deer
In which year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated? a)1421 b)1521 c)1621
What is 1621?
What day of the week is Thanksgiving?
Thursday
This type of pie is the most popular at Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin Pie
What is the dangling skin under a turkey's neck called?
Wattle
What does the word "myth" mean?
An old story or idea that may or may not be true.
Turkey, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes.
This is what people traditionally start doing the day after Thanksgiving
Black Friday shopping
Where did the food ideas come for the Thanksgiving food we eat today?
Sarah Josepha Hale wrote the recipes and marketed them.
What story have we read this week?
The story about how Thanksgiving became a holiday.
When was Hale's campaign for Thanksgiving finally successful?
In the midst of the Civil war in 1863
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
Three days
When people think of Thanksgiving, these are the people we traditionally think about.
Who are pilgrims and Native Americans
How long did it take for the idea of Thanksgiving to actually take hold?
Twenty years
In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, which part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom?
A wishbone
How many turkeys are served on Thanksgiving each year?
Over 50 million
What was the name of the tribe that helped the Pilgrims?
The Wampanoag?
What is the name of the woman who wanted Thanksgiving to be a national holiday?
Sara Josepha Hale
What president made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
President Abraham Lincoln
What was Sarah Josepha Hale famous for before Thanksgiving?
Mary Had a Little Lamb