This is an interdisciplinary inquiry-based lesson that focuses on critical thinking. Learners are introduced to the true story of the first Thanksgiving with the reading of a NCSS Notable Trade Book Thanksgiving: The True Story. Working in cooperative learning groups, students use primary sources to evaluate the accuracy of the Thanksgiving story currently told in many history textbooks. This lesson teaches learners the importance of using primary sources to construct accurate understandings of historical events. Extensions in this lesson also integrate science and technology.

Concepts

critical thinking, primary sources, thanksgiving

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Additional Tags

research skills, alex, alabama learning exchange

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RH.6-8.2