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Tables of Contents for If You Were at the First Thanksgiving
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How it all began
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2
Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
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1
Who had lived in Plymouth before the Pilgrims?
10
1
Did the Pilgrims have to clear the land?
11
1
What would your house be like?
12
3
Would you go to school?
15
1
Were Pilgrim parents strict?
16
1
What happened when the Pilgrims and the Indians met?
17
1
Did Chief Massasoit want peace?
18
3
Were you safe after the peace treaty?
21
1
Who was Squanto?
22
1
Was there a special way to grow corn?
23
1
What else did the Pilgrims grow?
24
1
Did the children have to work?
25
1
Was the first harvest a success?
26
1
Why did the Pilgrims want to celebrate?
27
1
Who made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
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1
Were there also special days for thanking God?
29
1
What was the first thing the Pilgrims did to get ready for their harvest festival?
30
1
Who were the surprise guests?
31
1
Who was in charge of cooking?
32
1
Was the food cooked outdoors?
33
2
How did the children help?
35
1
Would you have taken a bath to get ready for the big celebration?
36
1
How many Pilgrim children were at the First Thanksgiving?
36
2
Did any Indian children come to the First Thanksgiving?
38
1
What did the Pilgrims wear?
39
2
What did the Wampanoag Indians wear?
41
2
Where did the Pilgrims and Indians eat?
43
1
Were there enough tables and chairs?
43
2
Who served the food?
45
1
What did you do before you started to eat?
46
2
Would you get enough to eat?
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Would you eat turkey?
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1
Had the Pilgrims ever seen turkeys before they came to America?
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1
What other foods did they have at the First Thanksgiving?
50
1
Why was deer meat so special?
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What foods did the Pilgrims hate to eat?
51
1
Did the Pilgrims make cranberry sauce?
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1
Did they drink beer at the First Thanksgiving?
52
2
Did the Pilgrims think drinking beer was wrong?
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1
When was it time for dessert?
55
1
Why didn't the Pilgrims serve pumpkin pie?
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2
Were there medicines to take if you ate too much?
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1
Who had to clean the dishes?
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1
What did the Pilgrims and Indians do after they ate?
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2
Where did all the guests sleep?
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1
What might you have heard before falling asleep?
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1
What happened to the Pilgrims after the First Thanksgiving?
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