Thanksgiving is coming up soon. Are you looking for unique
activities to do to celebrate in your classroom? You don’t have to stick to
lecturing about the history of the holiday. There’s tons of other things you
can do to engage students right before the holiday!
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Separate Thanksgiving facts from fiction with a
visual board in a class-wide activity. There’s plenty of “facts” that are
actually fiction, some of them damaging and some of them not. Make a game of
having students guess which things are true and which are not.
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Brainstorm ways to give back to the community.
Take ideas from your students, no matter how big or small the idea is. From
there have students vote and pick the top three community service projects.
Discuss them. What would need to be done to get these goals accomplished? You
may even be able to implement these ideas.
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Have students save a turkey from Thanksgiving
dinner! This fun activity really lets students get creative. Print off a free
turkey template then have students use craft supplies to make a disguise for
the turkey. Maybe have them write a short story to go with it!
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Hold a Thanksgiving feast in your classroom or
the school cafeteria. This one requires more preparation so get started sooner
rather than later. Send out a memo to parents, asking students to sign up to
bring in different dishes in the class. Maybe this is a proper Thanksgiving
feast, or if you want to make it more simple hold a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
party instead!
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Plan a Thanksgiving scavenger hunt in your
classroom or outdoors on school grounds. Hide relevant items such as ears of
corn, mini pumpkins, and more. The clues can be based on Thanksgiving history,
math challenges, spelling challenges, anything you want!
