Thanksgiving is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of harvest in a given region. In the United States of America, Thanksgiving also celebrates the support of the Native Americans who taught the Pilgrims to survive in their first years living in the New World. In particular, a Native American Tisquantum settled with Pilgrims at Plymouth. It is believed he was instrumental in the recovery from an extremely brutal Winter by teaching the Pilgrims methods to hunt, and corn cultivation by utilizing fish meal to fertilize the crops.
Thanksgiving helps ESL students learn about culture, assimilation, history, nature, peace, collaboration, and farming.
