{"data":{"contentfulPost":{"title":"Thanksgiving Video Lessons for Teachers","description":"If you’re interested in some Thanksgiving video lessons for teachers, we’ve got you covered. Check out the Edpuzzle Original video lessons on the history behind the holiday!","metaDescription":"If you’re interested in some Thanksgiving video lessons for teachers, we’ve got you covered. Check out the Edpuzzle Original video lesson on the history behind the holiday!","slug":"thanksgiving-free-resources-teachers","minutesReading":2,"publishDate":"2026-10-26T10:00+01:00","tags":["Edpuzzle Originals"],"body":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>This Thanksgiving, help your students discover that there’s more to the holiday than turkey, pie, and Pilgrims with buckles on their hats.</p>\n<p>But seriously, those buckles, though...did you know the Pilgrims didn’t even wear them?!</p>\n<p>In the first free video lesson, learn the whole story of Thanksgiving, and spark student engagement with some facts before the feast. Then, use the second video lesson to explore a Thanksgiving poem and reflect on the idea of thankfulness.</p>\n<h3>Thanksgiving Video Lesson for Grades 3-12</h3>\n<p>Edpuzzle’s ready-to-go Thanksgiving video lesson comes complete with built-in questions, and all you have to do is assign it in a couple of clicks.</p>\n<p>It can be adapted to a wide range of grade levels from 3-12, so take a look to see how you can incorporate it into your classroom:</p>\n<iframe width=\"470\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://edpuzzle.com/embed/media/614e043c70f76141bae09d68\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n<p><strong>Video length:</strong> 7 mins. 28 secs.<br></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://edpuzzle.com/edpuzzle-originals/634e7d20907c3a3d28a69890?utm_medium=referral&#x26;utm_source=blog&#x26;utm_campaign=2024_thanksgiving&#x26;utm_content=ss_thanksgiving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log in and copy video.</a></p>\n<p>Assign the video as is, or create your own questions and audio notes to personalize the video even further to your specific group of students. </p>\n<p>If you add your own open-ended questions, you can turn on audio responses to hear what your students have to say in their own words!</p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways From the Thanksgiving Video Lesson</h3>\n<p>The goal with the Thanksgiving video lesson is to give students the full picture behind the holiday. Here are some of the topics this video lesson dives into:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indigenous Peoples who lived in America for thousands of years before English settlers arrived</li>\n<li>The Wampanoags who lived where the English Pilgrims settled</li>\n<li>Common misconceptions and myths about the settlers</li>\n<li>The National Day of Mourning which honors the Indigenous People who died as a result of European colonization</li>\n<li>What Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War have to do with Thanksgiving</li>\n</ul>\n<p>To sum up, this video lesson will help your students fill in the gaps and missing pieces of the traditional story of Thanksgiving.</p>\n<h3>A Thanksgiving Poetry Video Lesson</h3>\n<p>This ELA video lesson begins with a reading of the poem <strong>\"Thanksgiving\" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox</strong> and explores the literary techniques of juxtaposition and personification. </p>\n<iframe width=\"470\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://edpuzzle.com/embed/media/636551c14a7d444110503ae3\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n<p><strong>Video length:</strong> 8 mins. 9 secs.<br></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://edpuzzle.com/edpuzzle-originals/63a45a296682833d00221796?utm_medium=referral&#x26;utm_source=blog&#x26;utm_campaign=2024_thanksgiving&#x26;utm_content=ela_thanksgiving-poem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log in and copy video.</a></p>\n<p>It also features a social-emotional component by asking students to consider what they're grateful for.<br><br></p>\n<p>If you decide to use these Thanksgiving video lessons in your class, make sure to let us know on social media <a href=\"https://twitter.com/edpuzzle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@edpuzzle</a> how it went! And of course, happy Thanksgiving, everyone :)</p>"}},"callToAction":{"title":"Use Edpuzzle for Thanksgiving","url":"https://edpuzzle.com/content/edpuzzle-originals"},"heroImage":{"file":{"url":"//images.ctfassets.net/osqc6a4rvju8/B7ZaFSSpkUwOlsMlEG10e/2b6c40fb4b51e42d56405a3c963eb9c2/Blog.png"},"description":"","fluid":{"base64":"data:image/png;base64,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","aspectRatio":1.083553675304072,"src":"//images.ctfassets.net/osqc6a4rvju8/B7ZaFSSpkUwOlsMlEG10e/2b6c40fb4b51e42d56405a3c963eb9c2/Blog.png?w=1536&q=50","srcSet":"//images.ctfassets.net/osqc6a4rvju8/B7ZaFSSpkUwOlsMlEG10e/2b6c40fb4b51e42d56405a3c963eb9c2/Blog.png?w=384&h=354&q=50 384w,\n//images.ctfassets.net/osqc6a4rvju8/B7ZaFSSpkUwOlsMlEG10e/2b6c40fb4b51e42d56405a3c963eb9c2/Blog.png?w=768&h=709&q=50 768w,\n//images.ctfassets.net/osqc6a4rvju8/B7ZaFSSpkUwOlsMlEG10e/2b6c40fb4b51e42d56405a3c963eb9c2/Blog.png?w=1536&h=1418&q=50 1536w,\n//images.ctfassets.net/osqc6a4rvju8/B7ZaFSSpkUwOlsMlEG10e/2b6c40fb4b51e42d56405a3c963eb9c2/Blog.png?w=2049&h=1891&q=50 2049w","sizes":"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px"}},"author":{"name":"Edpuzzle staff","isInvitedAuthor":false,"title":"Edpuzzle staff","company":"Edpuzzle","image":null,"shortBio":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Something</p>"}},"twitter":null,"web":null,"facebook":null,"instagram":null},"category":{"title":"Ready-to-go lessons","slug":"free-resources","color":"crimson"}}},"pageContext":{"isCreatedByStatefulCreatePages":false,"slug":"thanksgiving-free-resources-teachers"}}