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THANKSGIVING! This is an activity for the3rd Cycle of Primary CEIP Camacho Melendo - Priego de Córdoba
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The Pilgrims that celebrated the first 'Thanksgiving' began their travels in 1608. They were in a ship called 'The Mayflower'. They landed in Massachusetts, in a place they named Plymouth Rock, on December 11, 1620. Their first winter was very hard. But the next one they had a good harvest from the seeds they had planted. They decided to celebrate this with a party, including the Indians who had helped them to survive their first year. The men went hunting to get meat for the party. It is not certain that wild turkey was a part of their food since they used the term “turkey” for any kind of wild birds. Another food that we almost always have at Thanksgiving is pumpkin pie. Pumpkin was plentiful because it grew here naturally and they ate it boiled. There was no milk, cider, potatoes or butter. There were no cows to produce milk and the newly-discovered potato was still thought by many to be poisonous. The party did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit, corn, clams, venison and plums. Thanksgiving was not celebrated every year. In fact, it was not until June 1676 that another Thanksgiving was celebrated. |
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