This activity began as a project with pre-service teachers from The College of William and Mary.  I asked the students to help create an introduction to a unit on Native Americans.  We ended up continuing the project through the time until the first Thanksgiving.  It consists of three parts.  The first is a PowerPoint, the second an interactive quiz using Adobe Acrobat, and the third is a streaming video inserted into the activity.  The quiz can be printed, but it was designed so that results could be tabulated while the student is watching the video.  After each child's score was recorded, we make their movie show "full screen", so we could tell at a glance if their score was recorded.  It runs about 1/2 hour and each child proceeds at their own pace. (The movie "Giving Thanks" was downloaded at our school through a subscription with whro.videostreaming.com.  Therefore, we cannot provide link the video through this site.)

Click here for The First Thanksgiving (PowerPoint or viewer is needed to view this presentation) This is a HUGE file and may take a long time to download.  On a dialup connection, it may take 45 minutes to download.