Students will learn about the history of the Thanksgiving holiday and its present day significance as both a time when Americans give thanks and a time when some remember the impact of the arrival of Europeans on Indigenous people.
00:00:00 Every November, people across the United States celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast for family and friends. It is a time to give thanks for all the good in their lives. You may have heard a story of the first Thanksgiving, about the arrival of the English Pilgrims, who came to settle in North America over 400 years ago. Their first winter was terribly cold, and there was not much food to eat.
00:31:15 But the Wampanoag people who lived there welcomed them and taught them how to fish and farm. The Wampanoag people would sometimes hold a feast to say thank you for a good harvest. So the next fall, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people shared a feast together. This is one well known story about Thanksgiving. But sometimes there is more to a story.
00:57:06 For the Wampanoag people, the arrival of the English settlers meant their lives changed. Although they feasted with the Pilgrims, this time of peace did not last. And as more settlers arrived and built homes, they forced many Wampanoag people to leave their lands. Many years later, a popular writer named Sarah Josepha Hale wanted the United States to have a day that would bring people together to give thanks.
01:24:21 She wrote to President Abraham Lincoln and he agreed, creating a national Day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated each November. For some Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to remember what Indigenous people have suffered and lost since European settlers arrived. But for other Americans, Thanksgiving continues to be an important holiday, often celebrated with family and friends and a dinner of turkey and pumpkin pie,
01:53:08 A time to be thankful.
Students will learn about the history of the Thanksgiving holiday and its present day significance as both a time when Americans give thanks and a time when some remember the impact of the arrival of Europeans on Indigenous people.
00:00:00 Every November, people across the United States celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast for family and friends. It is a time to give thanks for all the good in their lives. You may have heard a story of the first Thanksgiving, about the arrival of the English Pilgrims, who came to settle in North America over 400 years ago. Their first winter was terribly cold, and there was not much food to eat.
00:31:15 But the Wampanoag people who lived there welcomed them and taught them how to fish and farm. The Wampanoag people would sometimes hold a feast to say thank you for a good harvest. So the next fall, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people shared a feast together. This is one well known story about Thanksgiving. But sometimes there is more to a story.
00:57:06 For the Wampanoag people, the arrival of the English settlers meant their lives changed. Although they feasted with the Pilgrims, this time of peace did not last. And as more settlers arrived and built homes, they forced many Wampanoag people to leave their lands. Many years later, a popular writer named Sarah Josepha Hale wanted the United States to have a day that would bring people together to give thanks.
01:24:21 She wrote to President Abraham Lincoln and he agreed, creating a national Day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated each November. For some Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to remember what Indigenous people have suffered and lost since European settlers arrived. But for other Americans, Thanksgiving continues to be an important holiday, often celebrated with family and friends and a dinner of turkey and pumpkin pie,
01:53:08 A time to be thankful.