Grade 2 Fall History - The Native Peoples of Our Region: Living Nations, Land, and Knowledge
History · HIS
G2 (NK360 EU-6; D2.His.9-14.K-2; D3.1.K-2; D3.2.K-2; CA HSS 2.5; TEKS 2.1.A)
hist.g2.f.his.harvest_truth
Corroborate two sources about the 1621 harvest gathering and identify the textbook's partiality
Compare the colonial-textbook account of the 1621 harvest gathering (the 'first Thanksgiving' story) with the Wampanoag-honoring account from NMAI's Harvest Ceremony resource + Joseph Bruchac's Squanto's Journey. Notice the two sources DIFFER in what they include. Practice corroboration: which account is more complete? What did the textbook leave out?
Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
4
Typical minutes
45
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Common misconceptions
- Believing the 'first Thanksgiving' was a friendly dinner-of-friends (it was Wampanoag hospitality to a struggling colony, set against a disease devastation that had killed most Patuxet people)
- Believing the textbook account is wrong AND the Wampanoag account is right (both are sources; the textbook is incomplete; the Wampanoag account adds essential context)
- Believing truth-telling means feeling guilty (it means HONORING the Wampanoag people by knowing what really happened)