1.

Write the word from the box under the correct picture

* turkey * Pilgrims * cranberry * family meal

* pumpkin pie * 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,
2. Match and have (1 - 5) with the correct
the expression
pumpkin pie for dessert. This deffintion
feast is part of a very
(a – e)
special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving.
In 1620 the Pilgrims made _a difficult
1. last part
tripofacross
a meal
_ 2. kill animals
the ocean from England. They landed in what is now for food
_ 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
the next fall came, the PilgrimsE. had
DESSERT
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
years later because3.ofAnswer thenamed
a woman questions:
Sarah Hale.
For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president
1. When
and asked for a holiday is Thanksgiving
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

* 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 – E
2 – A
3 – C
4 – D
5 – 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.