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"Beyond Pilgrim Hats and Turkey Hands: Using Thanksgiving to Promote Citizenship and Activism"

Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 11:57am

--Erica M. Christie and Sarah E. Montgomery
The authors share four strategies to help teachers reinvigorate their Thanksgiving lessons with rich social studies content aimed at promoting citizenship and activism.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/2301/2301127.pdf [1]

Pre-colonial, Colonial [2]
Social Studies and the Young Learner [3]
Elementary [4]
US History [5]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/beyond_pilgrim_hats_and_turkey_hands_using_thanksgiving_to_promote_citizenship_and_a

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/2301/2301127.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/pre-colonial-colonial
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-studies-and-young-learner
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/elementary
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory