The First Thanksgiving: Fact and Legend

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Connect the dots between past and present.

⚡ The twist

There's always more than one side to the story.

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During medieval Europe, feudalism organized society into lords, vassals, and serfs. Castles dotted the landscape, and the Catholic Church played a central role in daily life.

Key facts

Remember these

1Oral histories preserve community stories.
2Primary sources come from the time of the event.
3Historians use evidence to support claims.

Timeline

When it happened

1620
The Pilgrims found Plymouth
1621
Plymouth and the Wampanoag leader Massasoit make a treaty
1621
About 50 colonists and 90 Wampanoag men share a three-day harvest feast

Then & Now

History isn't really 'history' — it shapes today, every day.

Mind = blown

Horses had died out in the Americas thousands of years earlier — the Spanish brought them back.

Question 1 of 2

What is an artifact?

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Question 2 of 2

Which is a secondary source?

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