Before You Read
Explain to students that the modern-day celebration of Thanksgiving evolved from the harvest celebration shared by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. Ask: What do you do on Thanksgiving Day? What do you know about the Pilgrims? What do you know about the Wampanoag people?
Word Watch
wetu--a round home with a round roof, usually covered with woven grass mats and with a smoke hole in the center of the roof
Wampanoags--the Native American people who lived ...