Don't Let It Get You Down Syndrome by S.K. Dinning

Many people travel long distances just to see those they love.Īnd maybe there’s some time around each Thanksgiving dinner table to think about things one can be grateful for! However, it is still a nice opportunity to spend some time together. Family dinners with turkey (which might not have been eaten by the first settlers at all), cranberry sauce, and apple pie don’t resemble the original event.

However, today’s family gatherings 7 are far from what used to be an occasion of giving thanks for surviving and escaping hunger. In November 1621, after the pilgrims’ first successful harvest, the first big celebration was organized. In the spring of 1621, they made friends with local Indians, who taught them to cultivate corn, catch fish and avoid 6 dangerous plants. The first winter was brutal, and only half of the settlers survived. Well, Thanksgiving Day is a good example of how an original idea can slowly change over the ages to something completely different.Īt the beginning the first settlers 5 left England in September 1620 on a ship called Mayflower and reached the New World after 66 difficult days. NOW, COMPARE YOUR LIST WITH WHAT AN AVERAGE AMERICAN WOULD INCLUDE 1: Thursday, November, feast, family, dinner, turkey, stuffing 2, cranberries, pumpkin, pie, potato, TV, football, parade, Indians, history, Mayflower, pilgrims 3, harvest 4, wheat, cornĪlthough Thanksgiving Day is not celebrated in our country (at least not very widely), you can see that you have some basic knowledge about it! The funny thing is that a lot of people would not include “giving thanks” to their word list, even though they do celebrate the holiday. Your teacher should make sure it doesn’t take you longer than two minutes.… READY? THREE, TWO, ONE, GO! Take a piece of paper and write down words that come to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving. Before continuing with this article, let’s do some brainstorming.

Don't Let It Get You Down Syndrome by S.K. Dinning