Description: In this activity, students create a digital Thanksgiving “thank you” postcard for someone special. They choose a person to thank, write a short message about why they are grateful, and then decorate a postcard canvas with brushes, stamps, and Thanksgiving-themed coloring images. Their message is added neatly beneath the picture, and the finished postcard (art + text) can be read aloud, saved as a single image, or printed to share with family, friends, or school staff.

Description: In this interactive story, students travel through key moments in the history of Pilgrims heading to the New World, guided by their thoughts, hopes, and experiences. At each historic location, they explore illustrated scenes, read narrated passages, and answer thoughtful comprehension questions to track their progress. When all sites are visited, students receive a printable score report showing their journey through America’s founding story.

Description: This page tells all about the Plymouth Colony and what some call the first Thanksgiving.

Description: In this interactive story, students take an interactive tour of the Mayflower, guided by the captain and crew. In each part of the ship, they explore illustrated scenes, read narrated passages, and answer thoughtful comprehension questions to track progress. When all sites are visited, students receive a printable score report showing their journey onboard this iconic ship.

Description: This page describes the history and voyages of the Mayflower

Description: This article describes the creation, meaning, and legacy of the Mayflower Compact - the document that some say describes America's first rudimentary constitution.

Description: These primary source comprehension activities guide students through close reading of authentic historical texts. By working across three skill-focused tabs—Main Idea, Details, Inference, and Contextual Vocabulary—students develop a deeper understanding of the passages and strengthen essential literacy skills. The interactive tools and structured layout help readers analyze, annotate, and interpret the text with clarity and confidence. These also include detailed online and printable score reports. These activities reflect of Lexile of 950+ (grades 6 + ).

Description: This page discusses the realities and myths of what would become the holiday of Thanksgiving.

Description: These Flipping the Narrative activities help students explore history by comparing two contrasting perspectives on the same event. Students read both passages, annotate key ideas, and examine how each side uses evidence to support its arguments. By toggling between viewpoints and answering deeper-level questions, learners build critical thinking skills and a richer understanding of historical complexity.

Description: These primary source comprehension activities guide students through close reading of authentic historical texts. By working across three skill-focused tabs—Main Idea; Details, Inference, and Contextual Vocabulary—students develop a deeper understanding of the passages and strengthen essential literacy skills. The interactive tools and structured layout help readers analyze, annotate, and interpret the text with clarity and confidence.

Description: This page tells about the history of the Massachusetts Colony.

Description: This is a complete biography on Squanto.

Description: This page describes the culture, home, and history of the Wampanoag people of New England.

Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on Thanksgiving. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids.

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the history of Thanksgiving that has seven factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Description: For almost 400 years, the turkeys of North America have been gathering intelligence and secretly collaborating to plot their revenge on the dreadfully carnivorous human race. Finally, on the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, they're ready to unleash their ultimate weapons: The Terminator Turkeys on a holiday they've renamed Tanksgiving. Combining superior technology with 400 years of rage, these turkeys have secretly engineered indestructible turkey-friendly tanks to rumble through the continent's most turkey-hungry cities in an attempt to turn as many frantically fleeing humans into turkeys by blasting them with magically powered thanksgiving day sides. New York | Washington | Pittsburgh | Chicago | St. Louis | San Francisco Rumble through each of the cities listed above and blast the running humans with your sides. Look for the word located above your targets and type in the correct letter that is missing. Be careful, however, if you click the wrong letter, you'll lose precious ammo. Watch the timer as well! When you run out of ammo, or, if you run out of time, your timeless mission will result in failure.

Description: This stamp honors the Landing of the Mayflower in 1620.

Description: This stamp honors the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Mayflower Compact at Plymouth

Description: This stamp honors the 1620 landing of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Harbor.

Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions

Description: How well do you know when American holidays occur? You have 1000 days to place as many holidays as you can on the calendar. Drag and drop the events that appear in the upper left hand side of the page to where you think they belong on the calendar. For example, if you drag Christmas to December 29, you’ll earn one event but lose four days. When you are out of days the game ends.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 339 Words; LEXILE: 910

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 533 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 533 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Description: This activity explains Franklin's preference for the wild turkey as America's national symbol and requires students to redesign the back of the quarter according to Franklin's wishes. Great Thanksgiving exercise!