Pilgrims Face Competition in Thanksgiving Lessons (1/2)

The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Tradition says early English settlers known as the Pilgrims held the first celebration in sixteen twenty-one in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They invited local Indians to a feast to thank them for help in surviving their first year in America.

Yet the Berkeley Plantation along the James River in Virginia calls itself the site of the first official Thanksgiving in America. In sixteen nineteen an English ship arrived with directions for the crew to observe their arrival date as a yearly day of thanksgiving to God.

But now comes a book called "America's REAL First Thanksgiving." A Florida schoolteacher, Robyn Gioia, tells the story of Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez who founded Saint Augustine, Florida. He celebrated with a thanksgiving feast with the native Timucua Indians. That was in fifteen sixty-five.

So what are schoolchildren learning these days about Thanksgiving?Sharon Biros is a first-grade teacher in Clairton, Pennsylvania. Her students learn about the holiday as they discuss being good citizens. They read stories about the Indians and the Pilgrims. And the children tell what they are each thankful for.

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在美国11月份的第四个星期四是感恩节。传统的说法是：1621年，早期来美洲的英国清教徒移民在马萨诸塞州的普利茅斯举行了首次庆祝活动。他们邀请了当地的印第安人参加庆典，以感谢他们在居住在美国第一年给予早期的英国殖民者的帮助。

然而，在弗吉尼亚沿詹姆斯河一带的伯克利种植园声称此处是美国首个正式举行感恩节的地点。在1619年，一艘英国船的船员们(按上帝的)指示到达这里，因此把他们达到的一天确定为每年向上帝感恩的日子。

但是现在出版了一本名为"美国真正意义的第一个感恩节"的书。一位佛罗里达的教师Robyn Gioia，讲述了建立了佛罗里达州圣奥古斯丁的西班牙探险家Pedro Menendez的故事。他与当地的Timucua村印第安人一起庆祝了感恩节庆典。那是在1565年。

那么，学校的孩子们是怎么知道这些关于感恩节的日子的呢？Sharon Biros是宾夕法尼亚州克莱尔顿小镇一年级的教师。她的学生在讨论成为一个好公民时知道了感恩节。他们读关于印第安人和清教徒的故事。并且，学生会说出他们每个人的感恩是什么。