My favorite Thanksgiving studies for school are....
Thanksgiving unit study by Amanda Bennett
Thanksgiving Notebooking Pages by Amanda Bennett
We used the Thanksgiving Learn N' Folder by Live N' Learn Press last year, but I'm not finding it on their web-site or on Homeschool E Store anymore. I believe it is still available through their yahoo group, but you must be a member (Click Here for Information). So, since I cannot find it I'll give you a couple of substitutes. I've not had experience with these particular lapbooks, but have used products from both of these companies before and been very well pleased with them. So, here they are....
Thanksgiving Lapbook by Knowledge Box Central
Thanksgiving Project Pack by In the Hands of a Child
Now for some of our family's favorite Thanksgiving themed books.....
1621: A Look at Thanksgiving...This is the Wamponoag side of the Thanksgiving story. It pictures a more accurate account of the tribe and their role in the first Thanksgiving, and offers some wonderful insight into the life of the tribe. Beautiful photography of actors in costume at Plimoth Plantation help make this telling even more realistic. If you are looking for a more true to life telling of these events without the biases that are often included in the traditional telling of the Thanksgiving story this book will be a great addition to your study.
Tapenum's Day: A Wamponoag Boy in Pilgrim Times....This story takes you through a day in the life of a Native American boy. Tapenum is not a historical person, but rather a fictionalized person, and the events of the book represent the ideas of what the daily life of the tribe during the time of the pilgrims might truly be like. The book is filled with beautiful full color photographs that makes the imagery come to life.
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
and
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Each book follows it's respective child through the activities of a typical day in the time of the Pilgrims. These books too are filled with full color photographs of actors in period costume. These are wonderful resources for bringing the reality of Pilgrim life to your children.
Three Young Pilgrims....This story is centered on three real children who sailed on the Mayflower to the "New World" in 1620, and follows their lives for a period of one year. In reading this book you and your children will begin to understand the hardships, sadness, and joys this family and others experienced as they fled their native country in search of a land where they could worship freely, and as they struggled through the difficulties of their first winter in the "New World". In the reading of this book you will experience sadness at the death of friends and family and of the disease that struck so many in this time, therefore carefully consider sharing this with a very young child. The story is beautifully illustrated and will draw your children into the lives of these children.
I hope you will enjoy some great books this month and learn more about the real story behind the holiday we celebrate with a turkey dinner.
Blessings,
Missy
Blessings,
Missy
3 comments:
The books you listed look really neat. We did recently read the one about Sarah Morton but have not read any of the others. I got the Sarah Morton one from the library as we were finding books that went along with the colonial period as I was preparing a homeschool co-op class on that subject.
I was looking for Thanksgiving books last week. Your recommendations are very helpful.
I'm also glad to see you are in the homeschooling network, so am I. :)
We've enjoyed these books as well!
I've really enjoyed perusing this blog. I'm excited to check out the Terrestria Chronicles, I hadn't heard of those.
Keep the reviews coming! They are a blessing!
In Him,
Angel
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