Colony/colonies

Thanksgiving Listening Activity

Directions: Listen as your teacher reads the following passage about Thanksgiving Day and fill in the blanks with the vocabulary words you hear.

Thanksgiving Day

The

were a group of people who sailed from England to America so that they could have religious freedom. They sailed on a called the Mayflower.

When they arrived in America, they built a

and called it Plymouth. It was a long, hard winter, and there was not much food. The Pilgrims did not know how to animals or grow vegetables. The

showed them how.

The Pilgrims worked hard and had a good . They had a big party to celebrate and invited the Indians to their

. They ate

and other foods and prayed. This was the first

.

President Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the last Thursday in November.

Thanksgiving is a time to get together with friends and family and

for all of the good things we have. Traditional Thanksgiving dinners consist of turkey,

, corn, green beans, potatoes, and .