Thanksgiving Day - English ESL video lesson

Task description & scene summary

Task description:

This is a short video about the history of Thanksgiving Day. Students have to answer some questions during the video and share their opinion about the events

Scene summary:

This video shows the history of Thanksgiving Day. In 1620 some Pilgrims came to America to find a new home. After a very difficult winter Native Americans helped them to survive.

Video source: Thanksgiving Day for kids - Thanksgiving history for kids - A Thanksgiving Tales

Video length: 2 minutes 11 seconds

Video genre: Edu or explainer video (e.g. TedEd, TED conference, home-made explainer)

Lesson type: Asking about the visuals ("What can/could you see?")

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Student types:

Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

First published: 2017-11-18, 20:00:54 (GMT+1)

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Petraréka

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Video quiz questions (printable)

1) Continent

Fill the gap: The ship is going from ________________________ to America.

Fill the gap: The Mayflower is arriving at ________________________ Rock in 1620.

3) What is the weater like?

rainy
sunny
foggy
windy
snowy

4) What can you see in the picture?

Answer the question using your own words

5) What are they doing? (3 things)

building houses
making colony
building ships
planting flowers
planting crops

6) What season is it? What is the weather like?

Answer the question using your own words

7) How are they feeling? (2)

happy
sad
surprised
hungry
angry

Match the items:

colony	a person who lived in America before Europeans arrived
Pilgrim	a person who makes a journey
crops	a group of people
Native American	a plant such as vegetable, grain or fruit

9) What are they eating?(3)

chicken
turkey
apple pie
cake
corn
pumpkin pie

10) Finish the sentence:I am thankful for...

Answer the question using your own words

About the author

Petraréka

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

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

Comments

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Chaney433

2017-12-01 05:51:36

Thank you! It's very interesting!

Tiesca

2019-11-04 10:24:18

Hi, I am Thankful for this eactivities, from Brazil ;)

Tiesca

2019-11-04 10:25:10

*activities, so sorry *-* :)

paulaalou

2020-11-10 10:43:04

thanks a lot. I love it.

Tawanda03

2020-11-24 14:17:53

Awesome