2014 Term 4, Week 7: Thanksgiving - and more Christmas songs - and dances

Thanksgiving is a holiday in Usa and Canada  It is celebrated in Usa on the fourth Thursday of November, and in Canada, on the second Monday of October.

This first Thanksgiving took place in 1619 when early settlers travelled from England to North America.  The following year, a ship called the Mayflower brought English pilgrims to Massachettes. Many of them died during the first winter because they were cold and didn’t have enough food.  The  next year, local Native Americans  (the Wampanoags)  helped them grow crops. The pilgrims thanked God and the Native Americans for helping them survive and held a feast, inviting  three of the tribe who had helped them. These three brought their families  and there was over 90 people - and not enough food, so the Wampanoags brought more food along: turkey, duck, fish, deer, berries, squash (pumpkin)  and cornbread and vegetables they had grown.

Here's a Horrible History rap about the story of the pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. 

This is a short animated story about the first Thanksgiving. 

Not quite turkeys, but here's  the Chicken Dance - which is near enough. 

We've been learning this song - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.  

Here's a very lively Must be Santa by Bob Dylan. 

This is one version of All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth. 

Here's a fun dance Mah na mah nah. 

This is Sesame Street version of the Mah Nah Mah Nah song - with Sandra Bullock. 

And here's a Crazy Christmas Dance - Can you keep up with it?   

The Juniors are learning Do Re Mi. Here's a karaoke version. 

Here's a version that shows the notes as well as the words. Each note is a different colour to help you recognise the differences.   

This is the version from the film The Sound of Music.

This is a Wellington High School flashmob doing a dance to Do Re Me.