What Really Happened on Thanksgiving | History for Kids

Learn the amazing story of the first Thanksgiving that took place 400 years ago, in 1621, when the Pilgrims celebrated with the Wampanoags and gave thanks for a bountiful harvest. But there's much more to the story that students must learn.
Squanto and Massasoit play staring roles in this episode. Students learn how Squanto was taken captive and then sold into slavery before being freed and returning to America, only to find his whole tribe had been wiped out by disease. When Massasoit welcomed him in, Squanto served as in interpreter as he and the Wampanoags ultimately saved the starving Pilgrims. Students learn how the Pilgrims set sail looking for a place to worship in peace and signed an alliance of mutual defense with the Wampanoags and celebrated Thanksgiving together in 1621. Then they learn how in the coming decades the alliance broke and war broke out that drove the Wampanoags from their lands for good. Powerful and important history for kids!
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