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  1. History Assessments
  2. Sourcing
  3. Colonial Era
  4. The First Thanksgiving
Topic: U.S. History
Historical Skills: Sourcing
Time Period: Colonial Era
  • Assessment
  • Rubric & Student Responses

Alternative Versions of Assessment

  • Signing of the Mayflower Compact
  • Washington Crosses the Delaware
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Pickett's Charge
  • Napoleon's Retreat
  • John Brown
  • Siege of Golconda
  • Atahualpa and de Soto

The First Thanksgiving

This assessment measures students’ ability to source a document. When historians interpret a document, they look at who wrote it and when. Source information presents clues about whether the document provides reliable evidence about the past. This HAT gauges whether students understand an important aspect of sourcing: the time elapsed between when a document was produced and the event it depicts.   

In addition to the assessment and rubric, you’ll find four short lessons with ideas for ways to use this HAT. The first details how to make new HATs that are similar to Thanksgiving. The second provides suggestions for using the Thanksgiving HAT to teach sourcing, and the third describes how to use it for formative assessment. The final lesson outlines how to use the Thanksgiving HAT to track student progress over time.

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First Thanksgiving Assessment in English Register or Log in to download
First Thanksgiving Assessment in Spanish Register or Log in to download
First Thanksgiving Rubric in English Register or Log in to download
First Thanksgiving Rubric in Spanish Register or Log in to download
The First Thanksgiving 1621 - Library of Congress Register or Log in to access
Download the Create Your Own HAT Mini Lesson Register or Log in to download
Download the Introduce Sourcing Mini Lesson Register or Log in to download
Download the Formative Assessment Mini Lesson Register or Log in to download
Download the Tracking Student Progress Mini Lesson Register or Log in to download
Download the Sample Student Responses Handout in English Register or Log in to download
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Alternative Versions of Assessment

  • Signing of the Mayflower Compact

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  • Washington Crosses the Delaware

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  • Declaration of Independence

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  • Pickett's Charge

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  • Napoleon's Retreat

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  • John Brown

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  • Siege of Golconda

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  • Atahualpa and de Soto

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