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One million kids to 'visit' Plimoth Plantation virtually next week

One million kids to ‘visit’ Plimoth Plantation virtually next week

By on November 8th, 2010

If you teach elementary school, there’s a good chance you’re about to start (or you have already!) a unit about “The First Thanksgiving.”

The story of the Pilgrims’ voyage to America and their first interactions with the Wampanoags is so widely taught in U.S. schools that a special collection of activities and resources Scholastic makes available on Scholastic.com every year is among the site’s most highly trafficked sections.

This year we’re offering something special — a chance for students from across the country to visit historic Plimoth Plantation together on the same day. Scholastic is filming and hosting a live, webcasted “virtual field trip” to Plimoth on November 16th at 1 p.m. (EST), and we’re already expecting more than 1 MILLION students will participate.

Want a taste of what’s to come? Check out the video below.

We’re curious: How are you teaching the history and culture of Thanksgiving to your students and children?

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