Thanksgiving Fun!

The word "turkey" comes from the Hebrew word, "Tukki" which means...

• Big bird
• Wild bird
• Yummy bird
• Turk's bird

What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?

• the neck
• the leg
• the wishbone
• the wing

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

What was the original name for the Pilgrims?

• Pilgrims
• Separatists or Puritans
• Rebels
• Loyalists

Which President decided that Thanksgiving would always be the fourth Thursday of November?

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Every year, the President of the United States pardons one turkey and that turkey gets to live out its life on a farm. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Thanksgiving is a religious holiday. 

• True
• False

Which of the following states produces the most turkeys?

• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• California
• Texas

In 1621, which one of the following foods that we eat today did they NOT serve at Thanksgiving?

• vegetables
• yams
• cranberries
• pumpkin pie

The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team?

• Pittsburgh Steelers
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Detroit Lions
• Indianapolis Colts

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.A.2

Which President made Thanksgiving a national holiday?

• George Washington
• Grover Cleveland
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Abraham Lincoln

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5