A Brief History of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Tomorrow morning one of the traditions that millions of Americans will participate in is watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. If you...

A Last Minute Thanksgiving Activity for Elementary School Students

If your school is not one that has given students this week off, these last two days before the Thanksgiving holiday can be tough. Here'...

Before Plymouth, a History of Thanksgiving, and Thanksgivings Compared

By this time next Thursday many Americans will be plopped in front of a television, watching football, and or napping after eating Thanksgiv...

A Short List of Thanksgiving Lesson Resources

American Thanksgiving is now less than two weeks away. Thanksgiving-themed lessons will be taking place in classrooms all over the United St...

Create a Wall of Thanks on Padlet

This afternoon on a webinar sponsored by Pearson I spoke about using backchannels in the classroom. Padlet was one of the tools that I fea...

Map Your Recipe Shows Students Where Their Food Really Comes From

Map Your Recipe is a neat use of Google Maps that I recently learned about through Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog. Map Your Recipe al...

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year I'm celebrating two Thanksgivings! I enjoyed my first Canadian Thanksgiving in October and today I'll be celebrating Ameri...

A Last Minute List of Thanksgiving Lesson Resources

Throughout the fall I've shared some resources for teaching about (American) Thanksgiving. If you have school tomorrow and you're lo...

Touring the Mayflower and Daily Life in Plymouth

Scholastic has put together a nice little collection of online resources to help elementary school students learn about Pilgrims, Native Am...

Mr. Turkey, Where Are You? - A Thanksgiving App

Mr. Turkey, Where Are You? is a free iPad app for pre-K students. The app is a short story about four people looking for Mr. Turkey. The st...

The First Thanksgiving Fact or Myth? - An Interactive Historical Investigation

U.S. Thanksgiving is just around the corner. If you're teaching lessons about The First Thanksgiving, the Plimoth Plantation website has...

Happy Thanksgiving!

It all started two Thanksgivings ago... Happy Thanksgiving friends. And if you're wondering about the story behind the song and why some...

A Visual History of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

If you're one of the millions of Americans who is tuning-in to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning, this photo ess...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating the holiday today! I hope everyone enjoys the day with the people they care about. For your Thank...

The Year We Had Two Thanksgivings

Image Credit: WishUponaCupcake Yesterday, the National Archives' featured document was George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclam...

Resources for Teaching & Learning About Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, in the US, is less than a week away. If you have school next week and you are looking for some resources for teaching and lear...

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who are celebrating the holiday today. It's been a great year for me and I hope it has been great for y...

One Last Thanksgiving Resource

If you're looking for an educational activity to do with the children in your life on Thanksgiving, National Geographic Kids offers a M...

Where Does Thanksgiving Grow?

Where Does Thanksgiving Grow? is a neat data set produced by Linda Zellmer at Western Illinois State University. The data sets contain info...

Five Places to Find Thanksgiving Lessons & Activities

Thanksgiving is just over a week away so if you're looking for some Thanksgiving themed lesson plans and activities, here are five good...