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LEARNING ABOUT THANKSGIVING

KidChildAtHome.jpg (73670 bytes) The story of the Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving is accurately recounted in The Child at Home, published by the American Tract Society in 1867. Child at Home was a newspaper designed to be shared by the entire family. The Victorians valued shared activities, including reading aloud.

Learning about Thanksgiving was accomplished in a variety of formats :


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Updated 14 July, 1998