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While secondary teachers cannot often break out the craft supplies for the holidays, we can build in time to explore the Thanksgiving holiday as well as the intentions around it. Here are some ideas:Blogs & resources for teaching gratitude:
- Gratitude quotes: http://daringtolivefully.com/gratitude-quotes
- A great gratitude Pinterest page: http://www.pinterest.com/katedurie/gratitude/
- Habits of Heart: Helping Students Reflect and Act on Gratitude: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/heart-habits-gratitude-students-reflect-act-on-maurice-elias
- How Children Succeed Part 4 – Gratitude
- Fostering Gratitude: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/FosteringGratitude_NASSP_%20Feb09.pdf
Stories & Poems:
- A poem & essay by Naomi Shahib Nye celebrating gratitude:
- Spirit of the Corn: An Iroquois legend of Thanksgiving
- A recent refugee’s account of his first Thanksgiving in the United States.
Historical resources:
- Primary sources from Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=thanksgiving
- Interactive lesson myth-busting the First Thanksgiving: http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian
- Resources from the National Museum of the American Indian: http://nmai.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/thanksgiving_poster.pdf