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The First Thanksgiving

🌍Mission Brief #10

The first Thanksgiving was a harvest celebration shared between Pilgrims and Wampanoag people.

🎯 Your mission

Figure out how this changed the world.

⚡ The twist

History is written by the winners — keep asking what's missing.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

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Then & Now

🕰️ People still argue about this. Now you'll see why.

The first Thanksgiving was a harvest celebration shared between Pilgrims and Wampanoag people. It reminds us of coming together and being thankful.

Key Facts

Old photographs teach us about long ago.

Artifacts are objects from the past.

Oral history is stories told aloud.

Timeline

1954

Brown v. Board of Education: school segregation declared unconstitutional

1963

Martin Luther King Jr. gives the 'I Have a Dream' speech

1964

The Civil Rights Act is signed

Check Your Understanding

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Why do we learn about history?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Why this still matters

Every road sign, every flag, every holiday — there's history hiding inside.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Ask a grown-up what the world looked like when they were your age.

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For the dinner table

“What's something from history you wish you could see in person?”

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