Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt Activity

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1 Scavenger Hunt Activity Materials: questions worksheet (pages 2-3) 18 fact cards (pages 4-8) Tape and scissors Preparation: Print the fact cards on card stock or brightly-colored paper and cut them apart along the dotted lines. Make copies of the questions worksheet (2-sided). Each student will need his or her own copy. Hide the 18 fact cards around your classroom where students will be able to find them. You can put them on chairs, on the computer keyboard, on the back of your classroom door, on the sides of student desks, on the chalkboard, or wherever you like. Activity: Students receive a copy of the question worksheet. They have to search the room and find all of the fact cards to answer the questions. After they have completed the question sheet, you can go over the answers together with the class. Management tips: You may want to make this a silent activity so students don't share answers with each other. You can have the kids work alone or with a classmate. Don't be afraid to hide the facts in tough places. Kids think it's more fun when they have to search around a little. Examples of good hiding spots might include: on the teacher's chair laying flat on the bookshelf on the side of your computer monitor sticking out of a book, like a bookmark Have a plan for students who finish early. You may want to have an assignment for them to complete when they're done, or you may have them help other students find fact cards.

2 Name: Side A Fact Card #1: On what ship did the Pilgrims sail to America? Fact Card #2: When and where did the first take place? Fact Card #3: How long did the first last? Fact Card #4: When did become a holiday? Fact Card #5: What is the name and gender of the turkeys that gobble? Fact Card #6: When is celebrated in the United States? Fact Card #7: What is the largest Day parade in the United States? Fact Card #8: What two teams play a football game each year on? Fact Card #9: With which tribe did the Pilgrims share the first meal?

3 Side B Fact Card #10: What woman author helped in making a national holiday? Fact Card #11: List three of the foods eaten at the first. Fact Card #12: When is celebrated in Canada? Fact Card #13: If it were up to Benjamin Franklin, what would have happened? Fact Card #14: What was the cranberry's original name? Fact Card #15: At dinnertime, what happened in Pilgrim households? Fact Card #16: What does the president do each year on? Fact Card #17: What utensil was missing from the first 's table? Fact Card #18: In the United States, what is the Friday after known as?

4 Fact Card #1 Fact Card #2 In 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left England carrying 102 Pilgrims and headed for the New World. The first took place in Plymouth Colony, present day Massachusetts in Fact Card #3 Fact Card #4 The first was a celebration that lasted for three days. Congress made Day an official national holiday in 1941.

5 Fact Card #5 Fact Card #6 Not all turkeys gobble. Only male turkeys, or toms, gobble. Female turkeys, or hens, cackle. Each year in the United States, is celebrated on the last Thursday in November. Fact Card #7 In 1924, Macy's department store first presented the Macy's Day Parade in New York City. It is the largest, and most famous, parade in the United States. Fact Card #8 Almost every day since 1934 the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears have played a football game.

6 Fact Card #9 Fact Card #10 Sara Joshepa Hale, the author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," was extremely important in getting recognized as a national holiday. On the first, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians dined together and gave thanks. Fact Card #11 Fact Card #12 On the first some of the foods the Pilgrims and Wampanoags ate were fowl, deer, shellfish, pumpkin, squash, carrots, and chestnuts. The United States is not the only country to celebrate. Canada also celebrates on the second Monday of October.

7 Fact Card #13 Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States. Fact Card #14 During Pilgrim times, the cranberry was called a crane berry because the small pink blossoms that appeared on the fruit in the springtime reminded them of the head and bill of a crane. Fact Card #15 Fact Card #16 Each since 1947 the president has pardoned a turkey. This means the turkey is not killed and allowed to live out its days on a historical farm. In Pilgrim households, the adults sat down for dinner and the children waited on them.

8 Fact Card #17 Fact Card #18 In the United States, the Friday after is known as Black Friday. Black Friday is considered the official start of the holiday shopping season. At the first Pilgrims used spoons, knives, and their hands to eat because they did not have forks.

9 ANSWER KEY Fact Card #1: On what ship did the Pilgrims sail to America? The Mayflower Fact Card #2: When and where did the first take place? The first took place in Plymouth Colony in Fact Card #3: How long did the first last? three days Fact Card #4: When did become a holiday? 1941 Fact Card #5: What is the name and gender of the turkeys that gobble? Male turkeys, called Toms, gobble. Fact Card #6: When is celebrated in the United States? is celebrated on the last Thursday in November. Fact Card #7: What is the largest Day parade in the United States? The Macy's Day Parade Fact Card #8: What two teams play a football game each year on? the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears Fact Card #9: With which tribe did the Pilgrims share the first meal? The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians

10 Side B Fact Card #10: What woman author helped in making a national holiday? Sara Joshepa Hale Fact Card #11: List three of the foods eaten at the first. deer, fowl, shellfish, squash, carrots and chestnuts Fact Card #12: When is celebrated in Canada? Canada celebrates on the second Monday of October. Fact Card #13: If it were up to Benjamin Franklin, what would have happened? the turkey would have been the national bird Fact Card #14: What was the cranberry's original name? Crane berry Fact Card #15: At dinnertime, what happened in Pilgrim households? the children waited on the adults while they ate dinner Fact Card #16: What does the president do each year on? pardons a turkey Fact Card #17: What utensil was missing from the first 's table? forks Fact Card #18: In the United States, what is the Friday after known as? Black Friday