First Thanksgiving History Word Search
A hard word search for 4th and 5th graders about the 1621 harvest celebration in Plymouth: MAYFLOWER, PLYMOUTH, PILGRIMS, WAMPANOAG, MASSASOIT, SQUANTO, VOYAGE, COLONY, SQUASH, BEANS, VENISON, CORNFIELD and more, 18 words hidden in all eight directions of a 15 by 15 grid. A good warm-up for a social studies lesson on the Wampanoag people and the Plymouth colonists. Every word is marked on page 2.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 4
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
A hard word search for 4th and 5th graders about the 1621 harvest celebration in Plymouth: MAYFLOWER, PLYMOUTH, PILGRIMS, WAMPANOAG, MASSASOIT, SQUANTO, VOYAGE, COLONY, SQUASH, BEANS, VENISON, CORNFIELD and more, 18 words hidden in all eight directions of a 15 by 15 grid. A good warm-up for a social studies lesson on the Wampanoag people and the Plymouth colonists. Every word is marked on page 2. Expect it to take fourth graders about 15 to 20 minutes with careful work.
Tips for using it
- Pull a three-page packet per child for the short school week: one math page, one word puzzle and one gratitude page at their level.
- Print the answer keys (page 2) once and clip them to a folder so early finishers can check their own work.
- For a mixed-age family table, give every child the same activity at a different level: the picture word search for the five-year-old, the dinner table word search for the nine-year-old.
- Print the place cards and the placemat the evening before; children who color the table decorations feel like hosts.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
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