Презентация, доклад ПРОЕКТА по английскому языку на тему: “THANKSGIVING DAY”

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English men, women and children to the rocky coast of what is now Massachusetts, one of the 50 states of the United States of America. The ship's passengers were Puritans—members of a religious sect which was unpopular in Britain because its members wanted to reform the Church of England. They came to America to 10 found a community where they could practice their religion without interference.

and the sea was cold
But we left our homes, both Saints and Strangers,
Some for religion and some for gold.

year 1620, people from England (Pilgrims) sailed to America on the Mayflower to start a new life. It took them sixty-six days (from September 16 until November 21) to cross the ocean between Europe and America. That’s a very long time! Can you imagine being on a boat in bad weather for over two months, without even knowing what your new country would look like? Because they thought the Americas would be a much better place to live, they bravely took on the journey! They finally landed near what is now Cape Cod in November, just as winter was getting started.

Our families died, but we didn’t stop,
And we reached the New World, both Saints and Strangers,
Soldiers of fortune and pilgrims of hope.

covered with ice. Supplies of food and the fresh water were running out. A lot of people were unhappy and even angry, and some were even thinking of a revolt.

grow many crops; and without fresh food, half the colony died of cold, hunger, and diseases. The following spring the Indians of Massasoit’s tribe taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to fish and hunt.

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J.P. Davis (1876).

of 1621 the Pilgrims harvested their first crops. To celebrate this harvest William Bradford, the leader of Pilgrims, proclaimed a three day feast and celebration. Pilgrims invited the Indians to join in the festivities.
This is the feast that is known to most of us as the first Thanksgiving in America. For fifty –five years there was no fighting between Pilgrims and the Indians.

Ferris (1899).

(1914)

friends in the mild autumn air, they lifted the voices in jubilant praise for the bread on the table, the berries and maize, for field and for forest, for turkey and deer, for the bountiful crops they were blessed with that year. They were thankful for these as they feasted away, and as they were thankful we're thankful today.

1873, George Washington, the first President of The United States, proclaimed the first Thanksgiving Day for all Americans.

Then President Abraham Lincoln made the last Thursday of November Thanksgiving Day.
Today Thanksgiving is a happy time when families gather together.

John F. Kennedy in 1963. He left the bird alive.

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