Learning About Thanksgiving, Part 2 {Pilgrim Life and The First Thanksgiving} 1 comment Social Studies Last week we spent a great deal of time learning about Pilgrim life and The First Thanksgiving using my Thanksgiving unit. Like a lot of teachers, I like to integrate language arts skills with social studies, so we did a lot of reading (independent and whole group), fact gathering, listening with a purpose, recording, and so forth. We started the week by reading this Scholastic mini book…