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Thanksgiving Teacher Guide [PDF/119k]
Primary Source Analysis Tools
 Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers for America, 1620 PDF version (129k) |
 The Mayflower Compact, 1620 PDF version (188k) |
 Pilgrims Signing the Compact on the Mayflower, 1620
PDF version (84k) |
 Signing the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower
PDF version (117k) |
 Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, 1620
PDF version (168k) |
 Landing of the Pilgrims (Massasoit and his Warriors) PDF version (83k) |
 Meeting of Governor Carver and Massasoit PDF version (1.2Mb) |
 The First Thanksgiving, 1621 PDF version (175k) |
 A Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1678 PDF version (949k) |
 Proclamation for a Publick Thanksgiving, 1721 PDF version (815k) |
 George Washington recommends a day of public Thanksgiving, 1789 PDF version (80k) |
 Thanksgiving in Camp, 1861
PDF version (110k) |
 Sarah Hale to Abraham Lincoln (Thanksgiving), 1863 PDF version (337k) |
 Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation, Oct. 3, 1863 (images 735-736)
PDF version (147k) |
 School Children’s Thanksgiving Games, 1911
PDF version (951k) |
 Pilgrim Tercentenary Pageant, 1921 PDF version (124k) |
 Thanksgiving, 1942
PDF version (157k) |
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