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1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
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Countering the prevailing, traditional story of the first Thanksgiving, with its black-hatted, silver-buckled Pilgrims; blanket-clad, be-feathered Indians; cranberry sauce; pumpkin pie; and turkey, this lushly illustrated photo-essay presents a more measured, balanced, and historically accurate version of the three-day harvest celebration in 1621.
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terracollichio
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

I think that this book would be a good thing to include in a Thanksgiving lesson. Maybe not to introduce but to incorporate for more information. I believe that getting a larger picture of thanksgiving than just dinner and football is important.

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terracollichio
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
Pickpick

A very descriptive and realistic approach to the history of Thanksgiving. The pictures are reenactments but detailed. The material is easy to understand for everyone even smaller children.

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Jhill24
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Jhill24
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

Uses maps, photographs, a large amount of text and facts to continue the story / book along.

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Jhill24
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
Mehso-so

A more intense read of non fiction. It is a high level of information that is factual. Describing the history of Thanksgiving

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Cgulan
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

There was neither cranberry sauce nor pumpkin pie at the 1621 harvest celebration.

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Cgulan
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
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This book, published in 1996 was a very different read. It went into the different background of thanksgiving and where everything started. It was interesting to learn about a holiday we celebrate annually.

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ImperfectCJ
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While this book does offer a new look at Thanksgiving as the subtitle promises, it's more a brief history of the interactions between the English and Wampanoag in what is now Massachusetts. Illustrated with photos from Plimoth Plantation, it's also a bit of an ad for the historic park. Other books offer more detail, but this is a good starting point for young readers.
#bookspinbingo

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taylorscalfaro
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
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This book was about the real events of Thanksgiving and not the version we are used to hearing. This is a good nonfiction book because the text was easy to follow and was accompanied by pictures that were big, and clear which extended the story.

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taylorscalfaro
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

I would use this in my classroom because it would be a good resource to teach Thanksgiving as it actually happened and they can learn about why we celebrate it.

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taylorscalfaro
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

“Many Wampanoag were quicker to learn English than the English were to speak Wopanaak.”

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agreco1925
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

“Many Wampanoag were quicker to learn English than the English were to speak Wopanaak.”

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agreco1925
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

I would use this in my classroom around thanksgiving so that I can give students the real facts of thanksgiving so they can enjoy it for what it really is.

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agreco1925
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
Pickpick

This is a good nonfiction book because it tells a more true story to thanksgiving as opposed to the tradition lies that are told to younger kids. The pictures are clear and help to extend the story. The text is easy to follow and appropriate for young children.

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thejessashmore
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
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this book gave the significant facts that most history books leave out, which is very interesting to me. It also shows the impacts of inter-relationships in the 1600s

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thejessashmore
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

I would absolutely use this in my future classroom, because it gives a real look at what Thanksgiving is about and the information about before the pilgrims came. I also like how it talks about time before pilgrims and not starting there like we usually do in history classes.

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thejessashmore
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace

The word Wampanaug means people of light

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OrangeMooseReads
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
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Have a great day celebrating or not celebrating how ever you do. I‘ll be with my mom‘s family being ignored, but at least I‘ll have a new book to read since I finished ‘An Absolutely Remarkable Thing‘ last night.

Foxyfictionista I feel ignored when I'm with my family too which probably explains why I often disappear with a book during family events. I feel your pain. 5y
AmyG Oh no...hope you have a decent time. Happy Thanksgiving. If I were there, we‘d talk books the whole time and ignore everyone! 5y
Burghbookaddict I'm the one ignoring everyone else at my Thanksgiving.. 5y
Tamra That‘s awesome because you get to read! 🙌🏾 5y
Kaye Find a nice corner, a plate of food, and a book. Maybe they‘re doing you a favor by ignoring you. That way you can read in peace. 5y
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Krisjericho
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Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for a long time. I love the food, the relaxation, a whole day with my husband and kiddos. But I have become more and more aware that it is not the holiday that we learned about in school, when we made Pilgrim bonnets out of black and white construction paper and cut paper bags to make Indian vests.

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Krisjericho It is hard to question what we think we know. It is hard to listen to voices that are different than ours, that tells us heroes weren't always heroic and truth wasn't always nice. It is hard to put aside the myth.

It has been even harder this year as I have watched the events at Standing Rock in horror, wondering if history will once again attempt to erase the other side.
7y
Krisjericho I am trying to do my part to change things. It is a tiny part, but if we each do the small things they become big. I am reading my kids these books that tell the history of Thanksgiving that they aren't learning in school. They will know. I am making a small donation to the medical fund at Standing Rock, 7y
Krisjericho Happy Thanksgiving, all. I will still eat my turkey and watch the parade and be overwhelmed with the fact that I have a home and a family and enough. But I will remember, too. 7y
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leslieisreading Very well said 7y
Kimzey Thank you for this reflection and for the reminder that we can do our part, even in small ways. ❣ 7y
TheNextBook I'm so glad you got this. It is hard to dispell the safety of the myth but it's time to change the narrative. It is about remembering and recognizing what really happened. Happy Thanksgiving. 7y
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TheNextBook
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving | Catherine O'Neill Grace
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The kid had a lot of questions about what really happened in 1621 and the history of Europeans and Native Americans after reading this book. He was struggling to understand how the history could change and why Native Americans were slaughtered. It's hard to explain. But this book was very straight forward and presented facts in a way a child could understand. The questions he has are the ones that will push him to learn more.

queerbookreader Is there like. A big kid's version of this book? It's imperative that we have books on this specific subject available to every age group because we clearly aren't learning about it in school. Loveeeee that you read this with your kid! Has he been taught the exclusive "happy pilgrim" story in school too? 7y
TheNextBook Yep! He learned all about the "brave" pilgrims and the nice "indians" that helped them through the winter. This book tells you that the Europeans weren't even called Pilgrims then, that they were stealing food from the Native Americans, that only Native American warriors were there and that is was political. It even talked briefly about what came after with the wars and massacres. 7y
sprainedbrain Getting this for my children. Thanks for sharing! 7y
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Notafraidofwords I didn't get the full story until very late in life. At least I considered it late. I also got the stories that Tainos loved Columbus coming into town in PR. 7y
TheNextBook @sprainedbrain I found this at our school library. It keeps everything simple but honest and I like that! I would definitely recommend for children as an introduction to the true history behind the holiday. Like I said, the kid still had questions after but I'm glad I got to sit with him and talk with him about the true history. 7y
TheNextBook @Notafraidofwords I didn't learn the truth until I started looking for answers. So I must have been in my teens and I didnt want him to experience that. 7y
Krisjericho I just checked this out at the library to read to my kids! 7y
TheNextBook @Krisjericho The authors did a really good job with this book. I think it's hard to break away from the myth and provide the truth without it become overwhelmingly preachy. Here they managed it well. It really is a call to respect what really happened and the culture and lives affected by the events of that time. 7y
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TheNextBook
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Guess what I'm reading with the kid this Thanksgiving! Yep. I'm giving him the truth behind the myth that is Thanksgiving.

"History is never simple. The history of the English colonies in America is a history of European people imposing their culture, politics and religion onto Native people... Read listen and think about this our shared history."

For the win.

saresmoore 🙌 7y
JPeterson I love everything about this! 7y
k.reads 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 7y
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Donna_sBookMinute Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout. 7y
TheNextBook @saresmoore @k.reads @Donna_sBookMinute @JPeterson I sat the kid downs and asked what he knew about this history of Thanksgiving, then I opened up this book and we started reading. It is very straight to the point. Gives a brief history of the colony and the Native American Tribe and then proceeded to talk about what really happened that day and the myth that still exists. To the point and so far well done! Glad I found it. 7y
Lindy 👍 7y
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