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=Thanksgiving =

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View a listing of print materials, films and websites that MBMS library has available about this hot topic. Quickly preview our books and media and then view some websites that may be appropriate for your classes. Live links allow you to simply click and preview on the spot. === ** Print Materials **    ===  
 *  //Thanksgiving// [ Book ] 394.2 BALDWIN Baldwin, Margaret, 1948- Published 1983
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //Celebrate Thanksgiving// [ Book ] 394.2 HEI Heiligman, Deborah. Published 2006
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //1621 : a new look at Thanksgiving// [ Book ] 394.2649 GRACE Grace, Catherine O'Neill, 1950- Published 2001
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //The Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving// [ Book ] 974.4 ENG Englar, Mary. Published 2007
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //Pilgrim voices : our first year in the New World// [ Book ] 974.4 PILGRIM edited by Connie and Peter Roop ; illustrations by Shelley Pritchett. Published 1995
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //The Plymouth Colony// [ Book ] 974.4 SANTELLA Santella, Andrew. Published 2000
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //Squanto's journey : the story of the first Thanksgiving// [ Book ] E BRU Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- Published 2000
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> //The Thanksgiving story// [ Book ] E DAL Dalgliesh, Alice, 1893- Published 1988

<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: #de8702; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Films

 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">//Stories for Thanksgiving// DVD 394.264 WESTON Scholastic ; Weston Woods presents. Published 2003
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">//Squanto and the first Thanksgiving// DVD 973.2 GREENE SVE & Churchill Media ; Rabbit Ears Entertainment ; written by Eric Metaxas ; producer, Ken Hoin ; director, John McCally ; Rabbit Ears Productions, I Published 2005
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">//A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving// DVD FIC CHA Paramount ; written by Charles M. Schulz ; directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman ; produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez ; Published 2000

United Streaming Videos
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  // The New England Colonists: The Pilgrims and Puritans // This program searches out the roots of the Puritans and the Pilgrims and paints an accurate picture of the historical events that brought these religious exiles to America. Students learn how Protestants came into being, how Puritanism developed, and how religious persecution in England drove the Pilgrims and Puritans from their homeland. The program follows their 13-year journey from villages in northern England to Cape Cod. It details the Mayflower Compact, the first Thanksgiving, and life at the Plymouth Colony. This program was photographed at the actual historic sites in Europe and at "Plimouth Plantation," a living history museum of 17th century Plymouth. 11 segments, 20 minutes

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  // Puritans and Separatists (Pilgrims): The Establishment of Plymouth Colony // Puritans and Separatists wanted to purify the Anglican Church of all traces of Catholic tradition. Some Separatists left England and established a colony at Plymouth. There, they signed the Mayflower Compact and later celebrated the first Thanksgiving. 11 segments, 26 minutes

Web Sites

 * Thanksgiving in American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/thanks/thanks.html Trace the history of Thanksgiving at this site from the Library of Congress. Use the interactive timeline to follow this tradition from 1541 when Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, led 1,500 men in a thanksgiving celebration at the Palo Duro Canyon to the current day. Intended Audience: Students/Teachers Reading Level: Middle/High School
 * [|Letters From the Mayflower], Letters From the Tribe - Bring your class into history. Sign up to receive three letters from a young girl <span style="COLOR: rgb(238,102,34)"> traveling on the Mayflower and three letters from a young Native America. Give your class a glimpse of history through the eyes of two school-age children. Follow the path of the Pilgrims or experience the Pilgrims daily life.
 * [|History of Thanksgiving] via the history channel. Short videos explain the history of Thanksgiving and how our holiday traditions began.