Thanksgiving History
People in this country celebrate Thanksgiving.
What is the United States?
The main dish at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is turkey?
This sweet dessert is made from pumpkins.
What is pumpkin pie?
This big parade happens every year in New York City.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
These fall from trees and come in red, orange, and yellow colors.
What are leaves?
The Pilgrims came to America on this big ship.
What is the Mayflower?
The red thing that hangs from a turkey’s neck.
What is a wattle?
These red berries are made into a sweet sauce.
What are cranberries?
Many people watch this kind of sport on Thanksgiving Day.
What is football?
The holiday before Thanksgiving when you dress up in costumes.
What is Halloween?
The first Thanksgiving happened a long time ago in this month.
What is November?
The sound a turkey makes.
What is gobble gobble?
This Native American crop, known as “maize,” was one of the first foods served at the original Thanksgiving.
What is corn?
The President does this to one lucky turkey every year.
What is pardon it or save it?
Farmers pick pumpkins and corn during this season.
What is fall or autumn?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
True or False: Turkeys can fly.
True
This orange food looks like mashed potatoes but tastes sweeter.
What are sweet potatoes or yams?
Families often go around the table and do this before eating.
What is say what they’re thankful for?
You might drink this warm apple drink in the fall.
What is apple cider?
The Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims were called this tribe.
Who are the Wampanoag?
What do you call a baby turkey?
What is a poult?
This side dish was invented in 1955 by Campbell’s Soup as a way to promote canned soup and fried onions.
What is green bean casserole?
This U.S. state produces the most turkeys in the country each year — more than 40 million!
What is Minnesota?
This chemical in leaves breaks down in autumn, revealing the red, orange, and yellow pigments underneath.
What is Chlorophyll?