Thanksgiving extra credit

Watch the "Real Story of Thanksgiving" video

Then answer all of these questions:
1.  Although feasts to give thanks had been celebrated for hundreds of years, the holiday was not
officially celebrated in the U.S. until what year? Why do you think Thanksgiving was established as
a national holiday?
2. The Pilgrims’ survival depended on knowledge they gained from the Wampanoag people. What were
relations like between the British in Plymouth and the Wampanoag? How did this change over time?
3. Today, many people still believe the myth that the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag shared one large
feast together in 1621 to celebrate their cooperation and relationships. What did you learn from this
documentary about the real story behind the meal they shared?
4. Who was Sarah Josepha Hale and what role did she play in establishing Thanksgiving as a national
tradition? What were her goals for the Thanksgiving holiday?
5. What role did Thanksgiving play during the Civil War era? Why do you think President Lincoln
encouraged everyone to participate in this tradition?
6. Why was Thursday chosen for Thanksgiving? Why did President Roosevelt move Thanksgiving from
the fourth Thursday of November to the third Thursday of November and how did the nation respond?
7. The Macy’s parade is associated today with Thanksgiving Day. How and when did the parade become
a Thanksgiving tradition? How did Macy’s contribute to WWII through its parade resources?
8. What kinds of food were most likely served at the feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag?
How does this compare with your family feast?
9. When did the tradition of playing and watching football games on Thanksgiving Day first start?
10. How do you think more people could learn about the history behind Thanksgiving?

Extra credit #2

ACTIVITY:  Making a Word search

American History 1^st Semester Review

Instructions

You are going to make a word search

Minimum:  20 lines down, 30 letters across

Choose at least 15 words (you can choose more) from the list on the back.  You can put the words in horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or, if you want to be mean, backwards (maximum 2)

Print neatly. Use all capital letters. 

You can use a ruler to draw lines if you need it. 

Print your words at the bottom in a box.

Civilization

Joint-stock company

Pilgrim

Subsistence farming

Proprietary colony

Slave code

Mercantilism

Enlightenment

Great awakening

Minuteman

Republic

Federalism

Amendment

Ratification

Veto

Separation of powers

Judicial review

Nullification

Secede

Abolition

Emancipation

Manifest Destiny

Annexation

Conscription

Popular sovereignty

Habeas corpus

Attrition

Mandate

Reconstruction

Amnesty

Freedman

Impeach

Homestead

Laissez-faire

Corporation

Monopoly

Marxism

Industrial union

Closed shop

Tenement

Political machine

Social Darwinism

Populism

Coolidge

Jefferson

Wilson

Washington

Inflation

Deflation

Grandfather clause

Jim Crow laws

Imperialism

Pan-africanism

Yellow journalism

Jingoism

Sphere of influence

Open door policy

Progressivism

Commission plan

Initiative

Referendum

Suffrage

Temperance

Prohibition

Socialism

Arbitration

Nationalism

Propaganda

U-boat

Victory garden

Espionage

Reparations

General strike

Deport

Anarchist

Eugenics

Nativism

Flapper

Evolution

Creationism

Speakeasy

Mass media

Assembly line

Suburb

Jazz

Blues

Normalcy

Welfare capitalism

Isolationism

Ohio Gang

Lincoln