{"id":12810,"date":"2016-11-07T08:22:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=12810"},"modified":"2024-10-26T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:02:04","slug":"thanksgiving_resources_for_students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/thanksgiving_resources_for_students\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Thanksgiving Activities and Resources for Language Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TESOL Webinar, Thanksgiving Activities to Gobble Up\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDxQjAr-1pw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Thanksgiving is celebrated this year on Thursday, November 24th in the US. This holiday is a time when people show gratitude to others. Many will also be inviting their friends and families to take part in a Thanksgiving feast like the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians did back in 1621. Below are activities for language learners to practice writing, reading, grammar, speaking and listening while learning about the holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Thanksgiving Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The History Channel has short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/thanksgiving\/history-of-thanksgiving\/videos\/kids-history-the-first-thanksgiving?m=528e394da93ae&amp;s=undefined&amp;f=1&amp;free=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">videos<\/a>, pictures, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/thanksgiving\/history-of-thanksgiving\/interactives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">infographic<\/a> to help students learn about the history of Thanksgiving.<\/li>\n<li>National Geographic for Kids has this <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/search?q=thanksgiving&amp;location=srp&amp;type=manual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thanksgiving fill-in activity<\/a> for students to learn grammar by creating a funny story.<\/li>\n<li>MakebeliefsComix has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makebeliefscomix.com\/Printables\/print.php?category=Holidays_and_Celebrations&amp;file=243_Print.GIF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thanksgiving writing prompts<\/a> to print or share online.<\/li>\n<li>Students will enjoy acting as history detectives and discovering the history of Thanksgiving in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plimoth.org\/learn\/MRL\/interact\/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interactive by the Plimoth Plantation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Very young learners will enjoy Starfall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starfall.com\/n\/holiday\/turkey\/load.htm?f&amp;n=main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Silly Turkey game<\/a> that teaches phonics and spelling.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kidsinco.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/first-thanksgiving-feast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kidsinco<\/a> has two plays for students to learn about Thanksgiving by role-playing various characters who were part of the first feast.<\/li>\n<li>Children will enjoy retelling the Thanksgiving story with these <a href=\"http:\/\/untilwednesdaycalls.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/free-printable-thanksgiving-finger.html#.WBSZteErKHq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">finger puppets<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.primarygames.com\/holidays\/thanksgiving\/games.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Primary Games<\/a> has many Thanksgiving learning games.<\/li>\n<li>Find 25 Thanksgiving printables and activities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freebiefindingmom.com\/25-free-preschool-thanksgiving-printables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is celebrated this year on Thursday, November 24th in the US. 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