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Teaching About Thanksgiving TEACHERS, EDUCATION WORLD offers four stories connected to the Thanksgiving holiday -- enough cross-curriculum activities to fill your three-day school week and then some! Check out three Lesson Planning stories that include K-12 activities for teaching about the Pilgrims, the Mayflower, the "First Thanksgiving," Native Americans, and -- of course -- turkeys! And be sure to take a look at the Curriculum Page, where Ed World explores the debate about surrounding the real Thanksgiving story and how to teach it. Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum Blast stereotypes with across the curriculum activities for students of all ages. The "First Thanksgiving" -- A Feast of Activities Looking to cook up a feast of across-the-curriculum fun? The table is set with a plentiful selection of ideas. Dig in! It's Turkey Time! "Gobble, gobble, gobble...." Increase your students' knowledge and skills when you use turkeys as a teaching theme. Are You Teaching the Real Story of the "First Thanksgiving"? Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story or is the version you're passing on to your students a blend of fact and myth? Ready to set the record straight? Thanksgiving on the Web American school kids learn about the origins of Thanksgiving year after year, but there's plenty they--and you--may not know.