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A short story of Thanksgiving

gp1974 November 03, 2018
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Task description & scene summary

Task description:
The task is to listen to the kids talking about what may have happened on the first Thanksgiving and answer the questions by selecting the correct answer or filling in the gap.
Scene summary:
A group of kids try to explain the origins of the very first Thanksgiving. They answer a few questions and present some scenes depicting the history.
Video source: Kids History: The First Thanksgiving | History
Video length: 3 minutes 8 seconds
Video genre: Short film (animated or with human actors)
Lesson type: Basic listening comprehension - Hearing check ("Can you make out the words being said?")
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Tags:
  • Thanksgiving
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Copyright license: iSLCollective Copyright License
First published: 2018-11-03, 14:22:15 (GMT+1)
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KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

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Video quiz questions (printable)

1) Everything started in ...... with the Pilgrims

  • America
  • Scotland
  • England

2) The Puritans decided to leave ......, and go to ...... .

  • America/England
  • England/America
  • the New World/England

3) What was Mayflower?

  • A ship on which they sailed to America.
  • A town they left in England.
  • A town they arrived at in America.

4)

Fill the gap: When they arrived in America it was very ________________________ .

5) Squanto and other native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to ... .

  • grow crops
  • hunt
  • dance
  • all of the above

6) The Pilgrims were so happy they decided to thank the native Americans and they invited them to a special ...... .

  • supper
  • breakfast
  • dinner
  • lunch

7)

Fill the gap: At the first Thanksgiving dinner they didn't have a ________________________ pie.

8) When do they celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

  • on the second Thursday of November
  • on the fourth Tuesday of November
  • on the fourth Thursday of November
  • on the third Tuesday of November

About the author

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

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thalitasosi
2018-11-04 17:28:16
thanks for this amazing video activity!
helenarozsivalova
2018-11-04 19:05:02
Thank you for the nice video activity! I will use it at school soon!
cecile64
2018-11-04 19:29:22
thank you for this great job!!