THANKSGIVING RESEARCH ONLINE | Compare & Contrast | Thanksgiving Parade & Art

Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with these two no-prep Thanksgiving Online Research Activities + BONUS Fun Sheets! On the first sheet, students compare and contrast the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to the Rose Bowl Parade. On the second sheet, students analyze and compare/contrast two Thanksgiving-themed works of art: Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell and The Thankful Poor by Henry Ossawa Tanner. These activities provide a great way to keep students engaged, develop historical understanding, practice research skills, analyze and view various artforms, think critically, and learn something relevant at the same time!

The following Thanksgiving Research Resources are included:

•Parade Research Sheet (with answer key). This can work well with a Balloons Over Broadway unit. On it, students can compare and contrast the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Rose Bowl Parade. They can use the Internet to research and complete the compare/contrast chart. It includes space to answer Who, What, Where, When, Why, and a Fun Fact about these parades as well as what they have in common.

•Thanksgiving Art Analysis Research Sheet (with answer key). On it, students analyze and compare/contrast Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want with Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Thankful Poor. They can use the Internet to research and complete the compare/contrast chart. It includes space to Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Decide, and Compare/Contrast the two works of art.

•BONUS: Thanksgiving Word Mine

•BONUS: Turkey Day Parade Word Scramble

•BONUS: Freedom from Want Coloring Page

•BONUS: Video links for background knowledge

•and extension

Related Resources

Check out the “Thanksgiving and Fall” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

Thanksgiving Resources:

• Minute to Win It
• STEM Challenges
• The First Thanksgiving ELA, Art, and STEM Unit
• Norman Rockwell Art Integration Unit
• Balloons Over Broadway ELA & STEM Unit
• Totem Pole ELA, STEM, and Art Unit
• Creation Stations (great for MakerSpace!)
• Fun Sheets
• Thanksgiving MEGA Unit!
• The ULTIMATE Thanksgiving Party Game!

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