Anna hosted her first harvest feast last Saturday for her school project. She worked so hard on this and it went over quite well. She easily made a 100!
She chose several people who came over on the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth and also a few Indians who were at that first harvest feast hosted by the Pilgrims. She researched and wrote up a bio of each person and everyone that came on Saturday read about who they were. We learned alot, ate alot and had a great time. She planned games like hopscotch, marbles and hide & seek but there were very few children and the adults ate too much so no one really felt like playing. I'm pretty sure that's how it would have been in 1621 too.
Tommy's parents came with cornbread. My parents and sister and neices came with their version of Indian head pieces with turkey feathers and had made up names for themselves. Names like "Woman Hollering", "Runs With Idiots", "Forgets Name" (she's almost 50!) and "Poke A Hole In Head" (she just had her wisdom teeth removed). Another sister came later, the one who is directionally challenged, her name was "Sakaga Which We'". I have such a weirdly creative family, eh?
Anna chose for my dad to "play" the part of Chief Massasoit of the Wampanoag tribe that joined the Pilgrims at the feast. The Wampanoag brought 5 or 6 deer to share at the original feast so my dad brought deer jerky that he made from his own deer meat.
Great job, Anna!!!
When you play the slideshow, you can click on any picture to zoom in. Also, the pics are repeated so I could fill up the album. Haven't quite mastered Smilebox yet. It sure beats posting individuals in blogger, though!
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In case you're interested, here is a website that we found a ton of helpful and interesting information about the Wampanoag, the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and Plymouth.
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