Less than $5 7th Grade Thanksgiving Projects

A fun and engaging Thanksgiving (or anytime!) project for any social studies class!

Thanksgiving is finally here, and as your students are about to find out, this Turkey Day will be unlike any other. For this year’s feast, you’re inviting three special guests who will travel through time to join you! In this Thanksgiving-themed biography project, students will research the lives of three historical figures, plan out the perfect Thanksgiving dinner, and reflect on what each of their famous guests would be thankful for this holiday season!

Students will create a poster or digital presentation to discuss their historical figures and their Thanksgiving feast!

Project includes:

- Overview and Instructions

- List of 60 significant figures from history

- Printouts for each step of the project

- Grading Rubric and Poster Example

Looking for a fun activity to use before Thanksgiving? Check out this Thanksgiving Dinner POV craft and writing activity. This activity includes 2 options: students will draw and label what they're eating for Thanksgiving dinner, then they can either write using the point of view of what's on their plate, using the thoughts and feelings of each item on their plate. Or, students can draw and label their ideal Thanksgiving dinner and include their all-time favorite foods, and then write about their choices on the writing page. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

Guage writing skills by offering a POV writing activity that's actually fun! This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about your students, especially if you have students from different cultures who celebrate Thanksgiving with non-traditional foods. You'll love reading the finished products.

This resource requires NO PREP - simply print, complete the short writing prompts, color, and put on display!

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This resource includes:

• 2 Printable Dinner Plate Templates
• 2 Printable POV Writing Sheets

You might like my Thanksgiving Would You Rather Game which features 50 slides you can use as brain breaks throughout November or during your class party for a fun game!

Be sure to check out the November Early Finishers Packet featuring 20 fun pages of independent work like puzzles, games, and SEL-centered drawing and coloring activities.

Ideas for using these questions:

• In centers
• During class parties
• During transitions
• For brain breaks
• Extra time filler
• At the end of the day
• During morning meeting
• To build critical thinking skills
• To practice communicating ideas
• To defend thoughts and opinions
• For a fun activity!!!

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This project has students using real-world math skills to learn to perform calculations to plan a Thanksgiving dinner. They will use formulas (included) to learn how to compute quantities in recipes, how to determine percentages and use fractions, and other basic math skills used in everyday activities.

Are your students always asking "When will be ever USE this??" This short activity shows students a real world use for the math skills they learn every day.

This lesson was created for 7th and 8th grade, but could also be used successfully in upper elementary grades.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Planning a Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activity/Handout

(print and digital versions – editable)

• Planning a Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activity Answer Key

• Math Formula “Cheat Sheet”

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In this lesson, students reflect on people and things they are thankful for and create a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides to showcase that information. This lesson encourages students to think about the positive things in their lives and promotes being grateful for what they have. The lesson includes links to tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides to assist students with the presentation.

This is a great activity for any class during the Thanksgiving holidays. This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

Related Products
⭐ Thanksgiving Pixel Art in Microsoft Excel
⭐ Fun Thanksgiving Activities & WebQuest

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