Thursday, November 24, 2011

Sarah Hale: The Lady who Saved Thanksgiving

For the past couple of weeks, we have been learning about the history of our country.  We learned about the Native Americans, pilgrims, and a lady named Sarah Hale.  A long time ago, people started neglecting Thanksgiving.  This did not set well with Sarah!  She thought Thanksgiving was a valuable day and wanted to make it a national holiday. She wrote, and wrote, and wrote.  She wrote to 5 presidents, all of them turning her down, until Mr. Lincoln.  He finally granted her wish, and after a 38-year rally, Thanksgiving became a national holiday.

After learning all of this (Check out the book we read, called Thank You, Sarah!), the students teamed up to create either a news broadcast about Sarah or conducted a mock interview with her.

Here are the interviews.  One student acted as Sarah, and the other interviewed her.


Here are the news broadcasts:

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