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    Thanksgiving Day (A2/B1)

    Ex 1: Ask and answer the questions below with a partner or in small groups.

    1. In which countries does the Thanksgiving holiday take place? Do you know when it happens?

    2. What do you know about the decorations, food or other traditions?

    3. Do you know anything about the history of Thanksgiving?

    Ex 2: Match the images to the vocabulary below before comparing in pairs/groups.

    1. 2. 3. 4.

    5. 6. 7. 8.

    9. 10. 11. 12.

    balloons family meal bread stuffing say grace

    feast wheat crops marching band baking

    candles harvest vegetables pumpkin pie turkey

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    Ex 3: Read the introduction text, and then follow the instructions below.

    Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday which takes place on the 4th Thursday in November in the United
    States. It was originally a Christian holiday to give thanks to God for the harvest. Nowadays, it’s a time for
    families of all cultures and religions to come together and give thanks for the blessings of the past year.

    1. Student A: Read text A. Student B: Read text B. Try to memorise the details.
    2. Tell your partner what you learned without looking back at the text.
    3. Read your partner’s text. Did they miss any important information?
    4. Look at the underlined words and phrases, and discuss their meaning in pairs.

    (A) The History of Thanksgiving

    The very first Thanksgiving in the USA occurred in Plymouth,


    Massachusetts in 1621. The Pilgrims/English colonists who
    had settled there, organised a feast to celebrate their harvest
    and invited the local Wampanoag Indians to join them. The
    two groups socialised together over the next three days.
    They shared food including meats, fish and vegetables; drank
    beer, and ran races. This was the start of a peaceful period
    between the two groups, which continued until the war in
    1675 when hundreds of colonists and thousands of Native Americans lost their lives.

    Thanksgiving Day didn’t become a regular holiday until 1836, when Abraham Lincoln announced that it
    should take place every year on the last Thursday of November. In 1941, Franklin Roosevelt made it an
    official federal holiday and moved it to the fourth Thursday of November.

    (B) Thanksgiving Traditions

    The traditional food for the Thanksgiving meal typically includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables and a
    pumpkin pie. Families spend hours, the day before, preparing the vegetables, stuffing the turkey, baking and
    setting the table, often adding candles and various decorations. It is common to say grace before the meal,
    giving thanks for the food on the table and the blessings of the past year.

    Thanksgiving decorations often include harvest vegetables (especially pumpkins) and wheat crops because
    they are harvested at this time of year. These can be displayed on the dining table or anywhere
    around the home. Decorations representing the original feast between the Pilgrims
    and Native Americans are also common in the USA. These include the Pilgrim hat,
    feather headdresses and Native American and Pilgrim dolls.

    Many cities in the States have parades on Thanksgiving Day. The most famous of these is the Macy's
    Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Parades typically include marching bands and balloons. For most
    families, Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without watching NFL football. There are always several football
    games on television, and families watch them together in their living rooms.

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    Ex 4: True or False Quiz

    Do you think these statements about Thanksgiving are true or false?

    1. Every year a living turkey is presented to the President of the United States. The
    President ‘pardons’ the turkey, so it is allowed to live on a farm and isn’t killed.
    2. Thanksgiving is also celebrated in Canada and Brazil.
    3. Around 60% of people eat turkey on Thanksgiving in the US every year.
    4. The Pilgrims sailed to America from Great Britain on a ship called the Mayflower.
    5. The day before Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. It is the biggest shopping day of the year.

    Ex 5: Can you remember the vocabulary? Race your partner to complete the words.

    1. p _ _ _ _ _ (allow to go free/forgive) 12. b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (colourful decorations filled with air)


    2. s _ _ g _ _ _ _ (say a prayer of thanks) 13. d _ _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ (where people eat dinner)
    3. s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (bread & herbs mixture) 14. f _ _ _ _ (a large meal to celebrate something)
    4. c _ _____ (wax objects used for light) 15. b _ _ _ _ _ (cooking cakes, bread and pastries)
    5. o _ _ _ _ (happen/take place) 16. b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (things to be thankful for)
    6. t _ _ _ _ _ (bird eaten on Thanksgiving) 17. a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (state publicly)
    7. p _ _ _ _ _ (street procession) 18. f _ _ _ _ _ _ (relating to a central government)
    8. c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (inhabitant of a colony) 19. d _ _ _ _ _ _ (show/put objects somewhere to be seen)

    9. s _ _ _ _ _ _ (many) 20. s _ ____ (come to a new country to live/use the land)

    10. f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (birds have these) 21. p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (without war and fighting)


    11. p _ _ _ _ _ _ (large orange vegetable) 22. h _ _ _ _ _ _ (time to collect crops from fields)

    Ex 6: Writing and Speaking

    Write a short description of a celebration in your country using the prompts below. Then work in groups
    and tell each other about your celebrations.

    ………………………. is celebrated on the __________________________________________________________________.

    It’s a time for _________________________________________________________________________________________.

    The traditional food for ……………………… typically includes _______________________________________________.

    People often decorate their homes with ________________________________________________________________.

    Other traditions for this celebration include _____________________________________________________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

    _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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