God's Hand
The year _____________, was two years before Captain John Smith and the other Englishmen settled Jamestown, and 15 years before the Pilgrims came to the New World to settle Plymouth Colony. In this year, a young Indian boy named ____________ was taken by Captain George Weymouth to England.
1605
Squanto
As he made his way through the forest, Squanto tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for the empty clearing. He was so deep in thought that he nearly ran into another young Indian man. This Indian was oddly dressed in an English ___________ ___________ and leather __________ __________. Squanto asked the young man if he knew what had happened to the __________ Tribe. The man looked at him strangely.
cotton shirt
Indian breaches
Pawtuxet
Captured by Captain George Weymouth; taken to England
1605
The Pilgrims celebrated their Thanksgiving with a __________.
feast
"The first Thanksgiving 1621"
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Squanto was the nephew of an Indian chief of the _____________ Tribe.
Pawtuxet
At the village of his new friend, Squanto met another Indian who could speak some English. ___________ and Squanto became good friends. He told Squanto about a group of strange people, who had seemed to blow in off of the ocean the winter before. These people, who called themselves ____________, had suffered great hunger and sickness. They had lost many of their loved ones, including children and babies. _____________ told Squanto how he had gone to their village to see if he could help, but the people seemed to distrust him.
Samoset
Pilgrims
Samoset
Returned to New England with Captain John Smith; kidnapped and taken to Spain
1614
For many decades, American families were responsible for providing their own ___________.
food
"Thanksgiving Day in olden time"
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One day, when he had been in England for several years, Squanto met a fiery, red-haired captain who had recently been to the New World and helped build a settlement there - ___________ ___________ ____________. Squanto told the captain about how he wished to return home. He and the captain became good friends, and together they made plans to return Squanto to his people.
Captain John Smith
Squanto decided to go to the white man's village. He spoke clearly in English, telling the Pilgrims his story. They believed ___________ had sent Squanto to them, and they trusted him. Squanto showed the Pilgrims how to ___________ and ___________ like _____________.
God
hunt
fish
Indians
Taken to Newfoundland and tried to get to New England but was sent back to England by Thomas Dermer
1617
As the centuries passed, and modern conveniences and industrialized food production became the norm, many people moved to the cities to work jobs other than ____________.
farming
"President Harry S. Truman receives a non-pardoned Thanksgiving turkey, 1949"
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Squanto and several other young Indian men were forced aboard a ship. __________ __________, an English captain who had a side business of ___________ ___________, was taking Squanto away from his home yet again. Squanto's heart was breaking, his hope fading.
Captain Hunt
slave trading
Squanto showed them how to plant _________, fertilizing it with ____________ remains to help it grow. He showed them how to plant squash and pumpkins, which were new foods to them. The Pilgrims planted large gardens and worked hard to bring home enough meat to _________ and ____________ for the winter. They finished the houses in their small village, which they had named ____________ ___________.
corn
fish
dry
smoke
Plymouth Colony
He finally returned to his home on board Captain Smith's ship. Sadly, many native tribes, including his own, had died in a plague the year before. He was the last Pawtuxet. He would work to build ties between the Wampanoag groups and the Pilgrims, and though captured at one point, he was found and returned to Plymouth by Myles Standish.
1619
Draw:
"Pilgrim girl cooking in the kitchen"
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"President Lyndon B. Johnson receives the annual White House Thanksgiving turkey, 1967"
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God knew where Squanto was, and He still had a plan for him! When Captain Hunt's ship arrived in _________, Squanto and the other Indian men were herded off the ship and taken to an _________. There was to be no sale that day though. Through the crowd came a ___________, who demanded that the slave _____________ end immediately.
Europe
auction
priest
auction
The Pilgrims' Thanksgiving feast was not just ________ __________, though. In fact, the festivities went on for about ______ ___________. _________, ____________, and many other Indians came to the feast as well. Imagine the surprise on the Pilgrims' faces when, out of the forest, came brightly painted Indian braves carrying __________ and ___________ over their shoulders.
one day
a week
Squanto
Samoset
deer
turkeys
He dies in Massachusetts from either fever or poison, believed to have been 37 at the time.
1622
Draw:
"Modern corn processing plant"
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"President Ronald Reagan receives the annual White House Thanksgiving turkey (named _____________), 1987"
**Answer the blank first for 500pts** Drawing additional 500 pts**
Charlie
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