How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday
Students read a nonfiction passage about how Thanksgiving became a national holiday, written at 7 reading levels (2nd grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a passage about how Thanksgiving became a national holiday and identify the order of events from 1789 to 1941.
- Find details that explain why Thanksgiving dates were different in early America.
- Explain why President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving in 1939 and how Congress settled the date in 1941.
- Use context clues to work out the meanings of words such as jumble.