U7_Chapter 21 - Thanksgiving and Native Americans

Unit 7 - American Holidays: History and Customs

[Guess] When did the Pilgrims come to America to establish a colony?

1620

[Guess] The Pilgrims did not have this piece of silverware:

fork

[1] Thanksgiving Day is on the ….. Thursday in ……

fourth / November

[1] Thanksgiving Day is a time for big family r….. and big dinners, a time to eat turkey, stuffing, corn, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

reunions

[2] Today’s Thanksgiving holiday was inspired by a h….. festival in Plymouth, Massachusetts, almost 400 years ago.

harvest

[3] The Plymouth colonists began their journey to America in September of 1620 on a ship called ……

Mayflower

[3] Some of the passengers were members of a persecuted religious sect. They were called ……

Separatists

[3] They were called ….. because they had separated from the Church of England in order to practice their religion in ways they considered closer to the message of the Bible.

Separatists

[3] Many year later, the Separatists came to be called P……

Pilgrims

[3] They were called ….. because of their travels in search of religious freedom.

Pilgrims

[3] Today, Americans commonly refer to all of the Plymouth residents as ….., but only about half of the colonists were Separatists.

Pilgrims

[5] The Pilgrim leaders knew that, in order to s….., every society needed rules for proper behavior.

survive

[5] They chose their first governor and signed the Mayflower ….., an agreement for self-government in America.

Compact

[6] According to a traditional story, when the Mayflower passengers came ashore in their small boat, they landed on a large rock later named P….. R….…

Plymouth Rock

[7] The Pilgrims were not trained and equipped to c….. with life in the w……

cope / wilderness

[9] The Indians sent hunters out to bring back deer meat for the f……

feast

[12] In 1858, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a famous American poet, wrote a long poem, about the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. He called it “….. ….. ….. ….. ……”

The Courtship of Miles Standish

[17] In the past, the earliest residents of the Americas were called American ……

Indians

[17] Today, some members of this group prefer to be identified as ….. Americans.

Native

[18] Of all the Indians’ gifts to the settlers, ….. was probably the most important.

food

[18] Two of the most important crops in the world - ….. and ….. ….. - were first planted by American Indians

corn / white potatoes

[21] The most famous Native American friend of the white settlers was a young princess named P……

Pocahontas

[21] Pocahontas died of s….. at the age of 21.

smallpox

[22] Another well-known Native American woman was Sacagawea, which means “….. …..”.

bird woman

[27] Every year, the federal government’s ….. ….. ….. ….. (BIA) spends millions of dollars to improve Native American living conditions.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[IV_1] On display means …..
a. put out for people to see
b. on a big trip

a. put out for people to see

[IV_2] If you have your Thanksgiving dinner out-of-doors, you eat it …..
a. with the doors of your house open
b. outside

b. outside

[IV_3] Role-playing means …..
a. rolling a ball around in a game
b. pretending to be someone else

b. pretending to be someone else

[IV_4] If you take advice from a friend, you …..
a. take your friend’s possessions
b. do what your friend suggests

b. do what your friend suggests

[IV_5] After all means …..
a. after a long time
b. what happened was a surprise

b. what happened was a surprise

[IV_6] John Smith owed his life to Pocahontas because she …..
a. lent him money
b. protected him from death

b. protected him from death