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Thanksgiving Perspectives

Objectives
  • Examine how diverse groups can perceive shared experiences differently
  • Review commentary from indigenous writers about Thanksgiving
  • Make inferences and draw conclusions based on written information

Essential Questions
  • How and why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What is the story of Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective?

​Activities 

1. Get together with a partner. While one of you describes what you know about the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday, the other one writes down key words and images from your description. (Note: If necessary, draw out elements of the origin story that relate to Native Americans.) Where did you learn these stories? What ideas or values do you think of when you celebrate Thanksgiving? 

2.
With your same partner, one of you read, The Suppressed Speech of Wamsutta James, and the other reads, Thanksgiving: A Native American View. After you finished reading, take turns summarizing what you read to each other.
3. As a class, discuss:
  • Reflect back on the values of Thanksgiving you described at the start of the activity. Did the Pilgrims uphold these values in their treatment toward the Indians? Why?
  • What was new to you in the authors' descriptions of the first Thanksgiving? Why do you think these details are sometimes omitted from popular culture's take on Thanksgiving?
  • Why does Keeler refer to Native Americans as a "very select group of survivors"? Is her characterization consistent with James's perception? Why?
  • Wamsutta James' speech inspired some Native Americans to boycott Thanksgiving and instead observe a National Day of Mourning. Keeler takes a slightly different approach. Which approach makes the most sense to you? Why?
  • Keeler sees present-day Thanksgiving celebrations as a tool for healing. What are ways this can happen? Does the Day of Mourning advance or hinder healing? Why?
  • In what ways are James's and Keeler's perspectives gifts to our nation?
Lesson taken from Teaching Tolerance - Thanksgiving Mourning

​Deconstructing the myths of  "The First Thanksgiving"
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  • Home
    • My Pedagogy Decisions >
      • Smiles and Frowns
      • Project-Based Learning >
        • Design
        • Questioning >
          • Question Formulation Technique >
            • Develop a Driving Question
            • Know the Four Rules
            • Produce Questions
            • Identify Open and Closed-Ended Questions
            • Set Priority Questions
            • Plan Next Steps
            • Reflect on Learning
            • When Things Get Tough
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        • Project Management
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      • SBG to Ungrading
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    • About Mr. Wince
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    • A People's History of the United States (Text and Audio)
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  • American History
    • '21-'22 Syllabus
    • Q1 - Fundamentals: Indigenous America to United States of America >
      • Indigenous America
      • Colonial America
      • Events Leading to the American Revolution
      • 1780s-1810s - New Nation
      • 1810s-1840s - Expanding the Territory of the United States
    • Q2 - Race and Class: "No Struggle...No Progress." >
      • 1850s-1865 - Civil War
      • 1865-1890s - Reconstruction
      • 1880s-1900s - Gilded Age
    • Q3 - Social "Progress" and World Wars >
      • 1900-1910s - Imperialism and World War I
      • 1920s-1930s - Roaring 20’s & Great Depression
      • 1930s-1945 - World War II
    • Q4 - Civil Disobedience: Identity. Action. >
      • Q4 American/AZ History Weekly Agendas
      • 1945-1950s - Post-World War II America
      • 1960s-1970s - Civil Disobedience
      • 1980s-2000s - Modern Era
  • World History
    • '21-'22 Syllabus
    • Q1 - Every Story Matters >
      • Thinking Like a Historian and Geographer
      • Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution
      • c.1400s - c.1700s - Exploration and Colonization
    • Q2 - Economics and Labor Systems >
      • c.1600s-c.1800s - Age of Revolutions
      • c.1800s - Industrialization
    • Q3 - Conflicts and Resolutions >
      • 1914-1919 - The Great War
      • 1917-1923 - Russian Revolution
      • 1939-1945 - World War II
    • Q4 - Global Human Rights >
      • Q4 World History Weekly Agendas
      • 1940s-1980s Cold War and Proxy Wars
      • Independence & Decolonization Movements
      • Modern World Issues
  • US Government
    • Spring '22 Syllabus
    • Q3 - Democracy: Citizenship/Voting >
      • Project 'My Part'
      • Democracy
      • Citizenship
      • Voting
    • Q4 - Collective Action: Equality and Justice >
      • Q4 - US/Arizona Gov. Weekly Agendas
      • Learning Not Hurting: Our Focus on Change
      • Creating a Podcast
      • Collective Action
      • Fight for Equality
      • Fight for Justice
  • Economics
    • Fall '22 Syllabus