We Are Thankful
The #1 thing that people say they are thankful for:
What is family?
If a food fight broke out, what is the #1 food you'd grab to make the most mess at the Thanksgiving table?
What are mashed potatoes?
Of the 100 people surveyed, what is the #1 thing they eat at their Thanksgiving table?
What is turkey?
A national educational initiative/museum to honor our Native Americans.
What is the National Museum of the Native Americans?
The #1 response from our survey:
What is cook?
The #2 thing people say they are thankful for:
What is their home/house?
If a food fight broke out, what is the #2 food you'd grab to make the most mess at the Thanksgiving table?
What is gravy?
Of the 100 people surveyed, what is the #2 thing they eat at their Thanksgiving table?
What is dressing/stuffing?
What do we celebrate all month long in November to honor Native Americans?
What is Native American Heritage Month?
The #2 response from our survey:
What is cranberry?
The #3 thing people say they are thankful for:
What is their health?
If a food fight broke out, what is the #3 food you'd grab to make the most mess at the Thanksgiving table?
What is cranberry sauce?
Of the 100 people surveyed, what is the #3 thing they eat at their Thanksgiving table?
What is mashed potatoes?
This is one of the foundations of the Thanksgiving celebrations we now see today, although it stemmed from the Wampanoag people before we knew of it.
What are offerings in the form of food?
The #3 response from the survey:
What is carve?
The #4 thing people say they are thankful for:
What is money?
If a food fight broke out, what is the #4 food you'd grab to make the most mess at the Thanksgiving table?
What is stuffing?
Of the 100 people surveyed, what is the #4 thing they eat at their Thanksgiving table?
What is pumpkin pie?
These are the people who taught colonists how to survive when they first encountered them in 1621, near what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Who are the Wampanoag people?
The #4 survey response:
What is celebrate?
The #5 thing people say they are thankful for:
If a food fight broke out, what is the #5 food you'd grab to make the most mess at the Thanksgiving table?
What is pie or dessert?
Of the 100 people surveyed, what is the #5 thing they eat at their Thanksgiving table?
What is green bean casserole?
This is the type of relationship that the Wampanoag had with the world around them, which they tried to teach the colonists.
The #5 response from our survey:
What is canoe?