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The “First Thanksgiving”: How Can We Tell a Better Story?

This inquiry resource provides evidence to help teachers and students dispel misconceptions and misunderstandings of the “First Thanksgiving.” For a more complete history, examine details, circumstances, choices, and events through sources that include Wampanoag perspectives, which have been largely absent from this national story.

Resource Information

grades   3 4 5
featured nations
Wampanoag
subjects
English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
regions
Northeast, Northeastern Atlantic Coast, North America