Last Friday we spent the day doing things all about being thankful. We read about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada. Students learned that the first Thanksgiving in North America was in Canada in 1578 (in Newfoundland) with Martin Frobisher and other immigrants from England. They were celebrating being thankful for surviving the long journey and the bounty of foods grown in the ‘New World’. After being celebrated on many different dates over the years, the Parliament of Canada declared (in 1957) that the second Monday of October would be the recognized day of thanks in Canada.
We discussed traditions and modern celebrations. Students enjoyed a sample, or two, of pumpkin pie!
After a class brainstorming of things that we are thankful for, students were paired and set to work writing their own things to be thankful for. These are posted on the bulletin board in the hallway.
These ‘thankful’ posters are intermingled with the tissue papered turkeys that the students worked on during Art on Friday afternoon.
