1. Set Focus
Pose this essential question: What factors influence how history is written?
2. List Vocabulary
Share some of the challenging vocabulary words in the article (see below). Encourage students to use context to infer meanings as they read.
- uneasily
- downplay
- resist
- alliance
- relocate
- ancestral
3. Engage
Ask students to share what they know about the first Thanksgiving, in 1621. Then ask students to predict what—if anything—they might be wrong about in their understanding of the first Thanksgiving. After students read and analyze the article, have students share new insights and discuss what surprised them.