Welcome to Wait, What? Why! The podcast that ponders why we do the things that we do! For this episode Nicole Gallagher and her daughter, Megan will be diving into the origins of Thanksgiving. I bet you think you already know the story but there are some twists and turns along the way to becoming the holiday we celebrate today.
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Sources for this episode:
A general history https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving
About the myths and Native American struggle https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/
Nat Geo explains it for grown-ups https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/151121-first-thanksgiving-pilgrims-native-americans-wampanoag-saints-and-strangers?cmpid=int_org=ngp::int_mc=website::int_src=ngp::int_cmp=amp::int_add=amp_readtherest
The actual first Thanksgiving https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/first-thanksgiving-berkeley-virginia-pilgrim-archaeology
Breaking it down for kids https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/first-thanksgiving
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