Daily Archives: December 6, 2011

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is an American celebration. Sometimes we put too much emphasis on promoting other Anglosaxon celebrations, so, for a change, our department decided to explain this festivity to our students.

We saw the TV series Friends: The one with Chandler in the Box, which is set in Thanksgiving time. you might want to watch it. It’s fun!

Here’s is some of the material we used that some colleagues kindly sent me.

PowerPoint

Crosswords

Films/Series

If you pity turkeys, here’s a funny poet, in solidarity with them:

Benjamin Zephaniah Talking Turkeys