Thanksgiving in America-A Homeschool Study

Thanksgiving in America Today-A Homeschool Study

Okay, I know this seems a bit early to be posting Thanksgiving ideas but I know there are many of you who like to think ahead and do things well! This particular study can set the stage for the Thanksgiving season and give your homeschooler a perspective on how prior presidents handled Thanksgiving as they watch to see what President Obama will do with it this year.

Thanksgiving is an annual event announced by the President of the United States. Each year, the current president issues a proclamation and each year that proclamation gives thanks to God for his blessings.

Although the feast between the Pilgrims and the local native Americans did occur, it is not the reason behind Thanksgiving.

To read several of the Presidental Thanksgiving Proclamations, visit this link.

After printing the proclamations, have your child write the different phrases that the four Presidents below used to describe how Americans should thank God for His blessings:

Bush
Clinton
Reagan
Kennedy

Then have your child(ren) describe ways they have celebrated Thanksgiving in the past and think of one or two new ideas they might incorporate in the next Thanksgiving to emphasize God’s goodness and their thankfulness to Him.

You can read several other proclamations here.

Read Thomas Jefferson’s entire proclamation.