How did the first Thanksgiving get started?
Well let the first graders at GLH Johnson Elementary tell you. For several weeks the first graders have been studying a unit in social studies about the past and the present, and the lives of people associated with certain holidays in our country. The holiday that these first graders presented was about Thanksgiving in a play called, The First Thanksgiving. As the play started, the first graders acted out the scene where the Pilgrims leave England in the 1600s because the King was cruel and he wanted them to worship him. The Pilgrims got on a large ship and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to America. The weather was bad and the Pilgrims were afraid, but they made it to America. After getting off the ship, the Pilgrims met some Indians. They became friends. The Indians showed the Pilgrims how to plant, fish and hunt. The Pilgrims were pleased with all the food that they had gathered so, they decided to have a big feast and invited the Indians to join them. The Pilgrims were thankful. T
