1.

Write the word from the box under the correct picture

* turkey
* pumpkin pie

* Pilgrims
* cranberry
* family meal
* Native Americans
* horn of plenty

________ __________ _______________ ___________

_____________ ___________ ___________

On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses

around the United States, families get together for
a feast or a large meal. Almost all families eat
turkey and cranberry sauce for
this meal,
and have (1 - 5) with the correct
2. Match
the expression
pumpkin pie for dessert. This deffintion
feast is part
(a e)
of a very
special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving.
1. last part
a meal
In 1620 the Pilgrims made _a difficult
tripofacross
_
2.
kill
animals
for
food
the ocean from England. They landed in what is now
_ 3. people who write history
Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not
_ 4. have more than you need
been allowed to freely practice their religion. So
_ 5. people who travel from one place to
they went to the New World in search
of religious
another
for religious reasons
freedom.
The Pilgrims first winter was
very hard. Almost
A. HUNT
half of the group died of cold,B.hunger
and disease.
PILGRIMS
C. HISTORIANS
But the Native Americans of Massachusetts
taught
D.
PLENTY
the Pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. When
E. had
DESSERT
the next fall came, the Pilgrims
plenty of food.
They were thankful and had a feast to give thanks.
They invited the Native Americans to join them.
This was the first Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving became a national holiday many
thenamed
questions:
years later because3.ofAnswer
a woman
Sarah Hale.
For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president
1. When
is Thanksgiving
?
and asked for a holiday
of Thanksgiving.
At celebrated
last she
___________________________________
was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared
2. Who were the Pilgrims ? _______________
Thanksgiving a holiday.
___________________________________
Thanksgiving is a day on which we
3. Why did the Pilgrims have a feast ? ______
celebrate and give thanks.
___________________________________

1. Write the word from the box under the correct picture

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*
*
*
*
*
*

PILGRIMS
PUMPKIN PIE
NATIVE AMERICANS
TURKEY
HORN OF PLENTY
CRANBERRY
FAMILY MEAL

2. Match the expression (1 - 5) with the correct deffintion (a e)

1
2
3
4
5

E
A
C
D
B

3. Answer the questions:

1 Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in

November.
2 The Pilgrims were religious people from England.
3 They had a feast because they were thankful for food after
a hard winter.