Happy Thanksgiving Month!

In my classroom, November is Turkey Month. Why celebrate a fun and meaningful holiday for only one day when you can celebrate all month long? Besides spending a lot of time focusing on what we are thankful for, collecting charity for those less fortunate than we are, and learning about (and cooking) traditional American and Native American food, we spend a lot of time talking about the first settlers, American history, and early American geography. I simulate a Mayflower journey to America and we travel around the East Coast delving into all these subjects. Here are the highlights from our historical journey through New England. Ask your kids—they should be able to tell you the early significance of all these places (that is, if they have a teacher as good as I am!):

• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Plymouth Rock / Pilgrim Memorial State Park – Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Plimoth Plantation – Massachusetts
• Mayflower Society Museum – Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Pilgrim Hall Museum
• Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum – Provincetown, Massachusetts
• Roger Williams National Memorial – Providence, Rhode Island
• Aptuxcet Trading Post – Bourne, Massachusetts

Happy Turkey Month!

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