First Thanksgiving explained by students
Louise Whiteman's second grade class
On the first Thanksgiving they ate potatoes, turkey, popcorn, pork, and pie. They ate at a long wooden table. The Pilgrims and Indians played together for three days. They played rock, paper, and scissors, and football and baseball. They had so much fun they wanted to do it again next year.
By Paul Baatrup
Indians had popcorn. They ate. Indians are Pilgrims' friends. They played games for three days. They had wooden tables. They ate a lot. Indians played arrow games.
By Jax King
On the first Thanksgiving they had popcorn. They drank water. They had turkey. They had corn and fish and vegetables.
By Dylan Boese
The Indians and Pilgrims ate popcorn and turkeys and they hunted their own food. They played games and had wooden tables. The Indians met the Pilgrims and had water and corn. They had 3 days of Thanksgiving.
By Kolton
Turkeys like popcorn. They get scared when people walk by them. Turkeys live in the valleys of the United States. Turkeys are really big with long beaks. There are a lot of turkeys around the world. A lot of turkeys do not have babies. Boy turkeys go get the food for the mama turkeys. Turkeys are cool even if they get scared.
By Christina Bruce
The pilgrims met the Native Americans. They ate corn and popcorn and turkey. They had fun for 3 days. They ate on a wooden table.
By Bailey Penner
On the First Thanksgiving they had turkeys and popcorn and water. The Thanksgiving lasted 3 days. They killed turkeys.
By Andrew Knauf
On the first Thanksgiving the Pilgrims and Indians hunted for food. They planted corn. When the corn was dry they cooked it and they had popcorn. They hunted for deer and turkeys. The Indians and the pilgrims hunted for fish. They had cement tables. They drank water. The first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days. They played games and had lots of fun. They planted vegetables. They had a happy Thanksgiving.
By Devon Gaines
On the first Thanksgiving the pilgrims ate turkeys and fish and the Indians did too. The pilgrims and Indians had a feast on that day. They had to sit on the ground to eat because they had no tables at all. They had to kill the food to eat or they would have no food and they would starve to death.
By Margaret Beal
The Indians and Pilgrims met. They had popcorn. The first Thanksgiving lasted three days. They had turkey. They had corn and they played games. Kids and babies and grow-ups were there. Cats and dogs were there too.
By Destiny Johnson
Emily Bowlin's second grade class
They ate a turkey. It was the Indians and the Pilgrims. They rode on a ship and it was called the Mayflower. The ship had a storage room and people had no room of their own.
By Halie Pickens
The Indians and Pilgrims had bread, turkey, pumpkin pie, and they had a feast! When the feast was over they all went to bed. Then they woke up and then had a feast. Then they went to bed. Then they woke up and had another feast!
By Zachary Stephey
The Pilgrims and Indians ate a turkey! They played games.
By Austin Glenn
The Indians and the Pilgrims ate all the turkey to where they got full. When they got full they all went to bed in a tent. Then they wanted to have a party.
They would like to come here in our class to visit with the whole class. When they want a napkin he'll ask his pal.
Everybody likes to eat turkey for their supper. They are having turkey and they also ate oatmeal.
By Dakota Patterson
First they eat a turkey. There are Indians and Pilgrims. The Pilgrims first ride a boat and they have a feast. The Pilgrims teach them how to plant stuff like corn. I think they will plant strawberries. They did have some bananas and probably cherries and it was a three days feast. They had some juice and bread. They probably had pumpkin pie.
At first they hated both teams, but when they had a feast they were so hungry they just had to get more. How did the Indians make the bread because I think they cooked it in the sun? When it is done I think when they took it out they kept it somewhere cold about two days. I think it will be warm?
The ship they rode was called Mayflower. They eat different food. The clothes were different too. They eat oatmeal. They eat cottage cheese. The Indians and Pilgrims had feast then went to bed. Then they woke up and then had a feast. Then they went to bed. Then they woke up. They do not play the same games or anything. They had different chores. They had to share the same room. They had everything different.
By Isabella Beal
The Indians used bows and arrows to get turkeys, and deer, and buffalo. The Pilgrims used rifles, the boys did. They ate for three whole days. They ate turkey that was the main food for the First Thanksgiving. The End
By Bryant Young
The Indians and Pilgrims had a feast on Thanksgiving. They had a turkey, bread, meat, and corn. At first they hated each other. But they learned from the Indians how to grow plants. How did the Indians make the bread? If you want to know how the Pilgrims got here they rode on a boat two miles. The Indians used bows and arrows to get their food. The Pilgrims used guns to get their food. They played a different game. They wore different clothes. And they had different homes. Happy Thanksgiving!
By Chance Elliott
The Indians and the Pilgrims ate bread and turkey. They played games too. The Pilgrims rode on the Mayflower. The Pilgrims and Indians have different clothes.
By Adam Frye
Donna Glover and Margaret Pippin combined third grade classes
The Pilgrims and Indians gathered the food. Men killed the deer and caught fish. Women cooked turkey, vegetables, and made pies. Girls sat the table. Boys brought firewood and water for the women to cook and wash dishes. The meal was ready to eat. The Pilgrim men and Indian men sat at the tables. The women and girls served them and children until they were full. While the women ate, the men smoked peace pipes.
By Dylon Ehrlich
The Indians were hunting deer and turkey. They were happy! The Indians did not shoot enough deer or turkey? They were hungry. The Pilgrims gave them food. They ate together.
By Joshua Henderson
A long time ago there lived Pilgrims and Indians! The Pilgrims lived in Europe! They thought that the king was not fair so they moved to America! On the Mayflower and it stormed and the ship rocked a bunch of people got sick! Then they got there and built their houses and got food! A couple days later they met an Indian named Squanto they became friends with him! They all met each other and became friends! It was the 22 and they had a big get together called Thanksgiving. They had a big feast!
By Samantha Frye
The Pilgrims are teaching the kids to set Thanksgiving up. The kids were happy. The Pilgrims are trying to shoot the deer but the deer ran away. Then the Pilgrims wouldn't have enough food. The Pilgrims were starving. The Indians came to drop off food.
By Allen Patterson
The Pilgrims set sail on 1620. And they have been on the ship for 46 days. Pilgrims hit land in 1850. The Pilgrims met Squanto and Pocahontas. Half of the Pilgrims stayed on the ship.
By Austin Purk
The Pilgrims were having Thanksgiving in their village. Squanto and the Indians went hunting. They saw the Pilgrims. They started to fight. Squanto yelled STOP! They stopped. Squanto showed the Pilgrims how to plant food.
By Jayton Scott
Once long ago there lived 23 Indians. There was Jeff, Louise, Christopher, Nick Maria, Grace, Taylor, Justice, Jack, Jenifer, Jane, Dana, Joy, Donna, Calvin, Ken, Katy, Kate, Drew, Sam, Billie, Joe, and John. All of them ate dinner at the table. They ate deer, turkey, corn, pumpkin pie. They were very happy. They were in Kansas. But they had one problem. Some of them were gonna die because some of them were very, very sick. But some of them say "You will get better." But one day Jeff, Nick, Jane got worse. And the next say those three died. Then the next day all of them died.
By Raegan Schreiber
The Pilgrims left England at 16.20 to North America and met Indians. Squanto taught them stuff and the Indians and Pilgrims had a feast and that is the first Thanksgiving.
By Nathan Loucks
The Indians planted corn. The Pilgrims could not find animals to hunt. Because when they saw one it ran away before they could shoot the animal. The Pilgrims were getting very hungry so they could die. The Pilgrims found the Indians and the Indians helped the Pilgrims plant corn. The Pilgrims invited the Indians over for a big feast. Because the Indians helped the Pilgrims plant almost all the food.
By Andrew Wedel
Once a long time ago in Europe the Pilgrims came to America because they wanted to be free. But as they sailed more and more people became sick. Because of that it put off the men from building the houses. The Pilgrims had a bad year. The next year the Pilgrims met the Indians. The Indians taught the Pilgrims lots of stuff. The year was very good, so they celebrated. That is how the first Thanksgiving was.
By Anna Lubbers
A long time ago there were Indians and Pilgrims. The Pilgrims moved to America from England. While the Pilgrims moved because their king! When they moved they found Indians. The Indians taught the Pilgrims how to plant food. When the food was ready to pick the Indians and Pilgrims had a feast. THE END!
Happy Thanksgiving.
By Krimsun Tincher
Once a long, long time ago there were 20 Pilgrims. There names are: Sam, Jeff, Bill, Joe, Ken, Nick, Donna, Dana, Jay, Jane, Kate, John, Raegan, Jayden, Jayton, Angellina, Anna, Mallory, Katie, Nathan, and Dylon. They all died except for Sam, Donna, Raegan, Anna, Jane, Mallory, Dana, Jay, and Kate. Because they ate bad food. The girls had babies.
By Kalleigh Harms
Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn. Indians and Pilgrims have a festival. Every Thanksgiving at the festival they eat turkey, corn, deer, and pumpkin pie. After they eat they play, work, and sleep.
By Ashley Miler
The Pilgrims came to the United States. They were short on food. Squanto taught them how to grow new food. The Pilgrims wanted to be free. The Indians would hunt for deer and turkey for Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims help hunt for food. They would have Thanksgiving together.
By Zach Baatrup
Indians live in teepees and they kill buffalo for the fur. They grow corn. They get in a war with the Pilgrims. The Indians don't like the Pilgrims and the Pilgrims don't like the Indians. They thought fighting wasn't the way to solve things, so they became friends. They joined together and ate corn.
By Jayden Smith
In Kansas Pilgrims and Indians are scared of each other. Over one hundred people died. One person went out and found Indians. The Indians helped the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims thanked the Indians for teaching them how to plant food. The Indians made the sick people well.
By Katie Charles
