History of Thanksgiving

While you watch: Put in chronological order:

a. Sarah J. Hale wrote letters to politicians
b. The Wampanoag taught the colonists fishing, planting and hunting
c. The Macy’s Day Parade began
d. The pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts
e. Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November a holiday
f. People celebrated the victory of the battle of Saratoga on Thanksgiving
g. The pilgrims and the Wampanoag celebrated the harvest with a three-day feast
h. The tradition of football matches on Thanksgiving started in the 1920s
i. Thanksgiving became a religious holiday


KEY


a. Sarah J. Hale wrote letters to politicians 6
b. The Wampanoag taught the colonists fishing, planting and hunting 2
c. The Macy’s Day Parade began 9
d. The pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts 1
e. Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November a holiday 7
f. People celebrated the victory of the battle of Saratoga on Thanksgiving 5
g. The pilgrims and the Wampanoag celebrated the harvest with a three-day feast 3
h. The tradition of football matches on Thanksgiving started in the 1920s 8
i. Thanksgiving became a religious holiday 4