Thanksgiving Sayings

Does anyone know where I can find a PRINTABLE short history of Thanksgiving for a Kindergarten class?

We are Americans living overseas and will be explaining the entire Thanksgiving concept to the class, possibly for the first time for many as there are only 2 other American children. We cannot get too in depth or delve into controversial issues. Thanks.

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1. I think this may be what you are looking for: http://holidays.kaboose.com/thanksgiving/index.html/tab27238 Lots of stuff here: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/thanksgiving.htm also: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/worksheets.html Good luck. Happy Turkey Day!
2. http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/thanksgiving/ http://www.printable-thanksgiving-games.com/printable-games/this-and-that-thanksgiving.html The people who started Thanksgiving were called Pilgrims. They wanted to pray to God in their own way, but they weren't allowed to where they lived. So, they decided to move to another place. The sailed on a small ship called the Mayflower for a long, long time. Finally, the stopped in a place they called Plymouth Rock after the city they came from. They arrived close to winter and they were not prepared for how cold and snowy it would be. They didn't have enough food with them and not enough time to grow their own. Many of them died over that first winter in their new home. When spring came, the local Indians (or Native Americans) helped the Pilgrims grow the kind of food that they grew to feed their families and taught them to grow it they way they do. When the fall came, the Pilgrims had lots and lots of good food to eat and to put away for winter. They wanted to thank God and thank the Indians for their help. So, the Pilgrims had the first Thanksgiving in 1621. (You can leave the date out.) They had a big feast with much of the same kinds of foods we eat on Thanksgiving today. The celebration lasted for 3 days. (The first time that Thanksgiving became an official holiday was in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln declared that the last Thursday in November will be Thanksgiving. In 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt changed it to the last Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate their Thanksgiving holiday on the second Tuesday in October.) You can use that if you like. My son, who is 5, has a book on the history of Thanksgiving that we've been reading every other night for weeks now. Even that is a bit over his head. I'm not sure if those sites will have the history. You can check in the teachers' section and see if any of them have one. Good luck!