Lesson: Thanksgiving Day
Published on November 12, 2025
Thanksgiving Day
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📝 Overview
This lesson plan (LP) introduces the history and celebration of Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Students identify and practice language used to express gratitude and reflect on positive influences in their own lives.
🎯 Student Goals
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
- practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills
- learn how Thanksgiving Day started in the U.S. and how it is celebrated today
- make connections between their own lives and how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States
- strengthen collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking skills on the topic of gratitude
📖 Key Vocabulary
Below, you can find key vocabulary related to Thanksgiving Day. You will find a glossary of definitions on page 4 of the downloadable lesson plan.
- colonial/colonist/colony
- feast
- give thanks
- gratitude
- harvest
- Native
- proclaim
- traditions
