Directions: After reading and analyzing the "The First Thanksgiving" primary sources, choose the document that you feel gives historians the most valuable information about the very first Thanksgiving. Explain why (7 sentences minimum).
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florence agyapong
11/23/2015 07:44:08 pm
document 1 offers historians more valuable information because it is extremely descriptive. document number talks about everything they ate. not only that but also even how many animals they killed and what was being discussed and who they encountered and e.t.c. document 2 talks about people. it talks about the men women children and basically the families that attended the dinner. the first document talks about the weather , how everything looked and even who came. this is very helpful because it helps historians know what is going on by making them feel like they were there.
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11/23/2015 08:33:39 pm
I believe document 2 would give historians more information. It speaks about the food and animals that were gathered by the families . It also speaks about the weather and living circumstances . This allows historians to get a clear image of what the first thanksgiving looks like. I believe document 3 is also useful. One reason, is because it is a letter from a passenger who was on the fortune, a ship that arrived after the first Thanksgiving. This way historians see the aftermath of this historical event.
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Jenese Johnson
11/24/2015 04:55:16 am
Document 2 would give historians more information about the first thanksgiving. It talks about the weather and living conditions of the families. Secondly it speaks about the food and animals that were hunted and gathered .This information allows historians to get an idea of how the first thanksgiving looks.
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Denice Gordon
11/24/2015 05:07:43 am
In the document that I choose which is document 2 it's speaks about how the native Americans living conditions how the gather clothing and food. This would be a good information that can be use to give and image of the first thanksgiving
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Tianna christie
11/24/2015 06:52:51 am
Document 1 give the most in formation. They were all about how they celebrated for three days, kill Deere's and came together with the Indians as though they were born of the same flesh. It's nice to see that I peace has been formed between everyone even if just for those few days. I feel grateful that an event 's cm as this was established and still is practiced in many families today. So that no matter where you are you can stop and forget your worries, eat and be entertained until happiness is all you know. The title truly does say it all.
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Rosa Drew
11/25/2015 05:37:30 pm
I believe Document 2 gives historians more information about the first Thanksgiving. In the document it describes how it all started. It also talks about the food they all had. The weather conditons were given which was winter. It talks about what people were insterested in doing in order to get food. The letter gives even more information. It gets deeper into the type of foods they had. Also talks how there were religios people. For these reason this Document would give historians a more clear imagine of how the first Thanskgiving was like.
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Ama Sika
11/27/2015 05:50:56 am
I believe Document 2 gives historians a lot of information because it's shows how and why Thanksgiving became about. It give a lot of information about the animals they killed and all the food they enjoyed. It's also gives historians information about how weather impacted Thanksgiving. Document 2 shows how the people didn't let the cold weather prevent them from celebrating and giving thanks to God. Without a doubt the first Thanksgiving was a pathway for Thanksgivings to be celebrated by people all over the world. In today's world, Thanksgiving is one of the most celebrated holidays.
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Daisha Miller
11/27/2015 04:18:47 pm
Document 1 gives Historians a better insight into the first Thanksgiving because it showed the true meaning of Thanksgiving to the Pilgrims & American Indians. It talked about how the two groups were able to enjoy each other's company by describing how the Pilgrims entertained the Indians. This shows how the Pilgrims & Indians enjoyed each other's company because they were able to have fun together without tensions rising between them.It also described the peacefulness that existed between the Pilgrims & American Indians by saying that "... we exercised our Arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted...". This illustrates the peace between the Pilgrims & Indians because they were able to hunt together and feast together without massacring each other. Unlike Document 2, which barely tells us anything about the first Thanksgiving. It only tells us about the Indian's habits.
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Samera Mohammad
11/29/2015 04:35:08 pm
I believe that document 2 gives more information due to how detailed the letter was .It tells the condition in which they found their "friends" in and the surplus of food they saw on their land.It also specks about how the weather played apart in thanksgiving and all the animals that were hunted upon.This document seems to be very specific as well which is useful to historians that want to know exactly what happened at that time.
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11/29/2015 11:24:27 pm
Document 2 gives historians more information about the first Thanksgiving. It shows the type of food that they gathered. It also shows the cold winter that they went through. The letter was well detailed and would give historians plenty of information. It described the the environment that they were in such as the fruits and lakes that surrounded them. The letter provided information on how they used the lakes as a food source. Document 2 also showed that they were very religious. Basically historians would be able to paint a picture and know what happen on the first Thanksgiving using document 2.
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Laury Castillo
12/1/2015 10:29:00 pm
I think the letter would give historians more information about the first Thanksgiving. It speaks on the environment and foods they ate and how the people had dieseses. They described how the religion also was. The letter was well described so you can kind of visualize how they were living and imagine how united their thanksgiving was. It also gives us a different point of view of the Indians, everyone saw them as people who needed to be separate from Americans and wanted to be their own group but the letter says that they were very friendly and peaceful. The Indians also grew most of the thanksgiving food so it also shows how the indians were really people we couldn't have had thanksgiving without.
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