На корабле, который вырезан из картона, стоит группа ребят. Название корабля «Mayflower». Один в середине гребет ручкой, изображая, что все плывут на корабле.
Первый ученик читает стихотворение:
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring.
Звучит песня «My Bonnie is Over the Ocean»
My Bonnie is over the ocean.
My Bonnie is over the sea.
My Bonnie is over the ocean.
Oh, Bring back my Bonnie to me.Bring back.
Bring back.
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.Last night as I lay on my pillow
Last night as I lay on my bed
Last night as I lay on my pillow
I dream’d that my Bonnie was dead.
Ведущий рассказывает о Дне Благодарения:
There is one day a year when all Americans stay home with their families and eat a big dinner. This is Thanksgiving Day. The pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621. The pilgrims sailed to America from Plymouth, England, in September, 1620. They came to America for religious freedom. They were among the first European settlers in America. The name of their ship was the "Mayflower." They landed at Plymouth Rock, in what s now the state of Massachusetts in December, 1620.
There were people living in America before the pilgrims arrived. These people were the Native American Indians. The Indians began settling in America about 25,000 years ago. They hunted, fished, and farmed to survive. There were many groups, or tribes, and each had its own customs and beliefs.
The pilgrims' first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops. Without fresh food, half of the pilgrims died. The following spring the Indians taught the pilgrims how to hunt, fish, plant, and survive in America. The crops did well, and in the fall of 1621 the pilgrims had a great harvest. They were thankful and decided to celebrate with a Thanksgiving feast. They prepared a dinner of turkey, corn, beans, and pumpkins. They invited their Indian friends to share this feast. The Indians brought food to the feast, too (they even brought popcorn!). Americans still celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the fall. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. Turkey is still the main dish and pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert.
Корабль убираем. Выходит группа ребят с буквами и читает стихотворение:
T for time to be together,
turkey, talk, and tangy weather.
H for harvest stored away,
home, and health, and holiday.
A for autumn's frosty art,
and abundance the heart
N for neighbors, and November,
nice things, new things to remember.
K for kitchen, kettles' croon,
kith and kin expected soon.
s for sizzles, sights, and sounds,
and something special that abounds.
That spells THANKS — for joy in living and a jolly good Thanksgiving.
Стихотворение Harvest(звуки колокольчика)
The boughs do shake and the bells do ring,
So merrily comes our harvest in,
Our harvest in, our harvest in,
So merrily comes our harvest in.
We've ploughed, we've sowed.
We've reaped, we've mowed.
We've got our harvest in.
Танец под музыку в стиле «Country».
Стол и стулья. Телевизор (держит 1 ученик). Все смотрят парад. Девочка читает стихотворение про парад.
The Thanksgiving Day Parade
Thanksgiving Day is here today,
the great parade is under way,
and though it's drizzling quite a bit,
I'm sure that I'll see all of it.Great ballons are floating by,
cartoon creatures stories high,
Mickey Mouse and Mother Goose,
Snoopy and mammoth moose.The band are marching, here they come,
pipers pipe and drummers drum,
hear the tubas and the flutes,
see the clowns in silly suits.It's pouring now, but not on me,
I'm just as dry as I can be,
I watch and watch, but don't get wet,
I'm watching on our TV set.
Все помогают бабушке накрывать на стол.
Стихотворение It's happy Thanksgiving:
It's happy Thanksgiving,
Thanksgiving! Horray!
We're going to dinner
at Grandma's today.I love it at Grandma's
It's cozy and snug,
I love giving Grandma
a Thanksgiving hug.I help make the gravy.
I pour and stir,
it smells so delicious,
I love helping her.We laugh and we talk,
oh! she makes such a fuss
as she bustles about
cooking dinner for us.When we sit at the table
and Daddy says grace,
there's a beautiful smile
on my grandmother's face.Though the weather is windy$
and chilly and gray,
our family is happy
this Thanksgiving day.
Все сидят за столом.
Стихотворение «Apple Pie».
Apple pie,
pumpkin pie,
turkey on the dish!
We can see
we can eat
everything we
wish, wish, wish, wish.Grandma's here,
Grandpa's here,
cousins bright and gay
Aunts and uncles
share with us this good Thanksgiving
day, day, day, day.Thank you, God,
thank you, God,
for good things to eat
Thank you alsofor this day
then we with friendly hearts
do meet, meet, meet.
Один ученик выходит из-за стола и показывает, как он сильно наелся.
Стихотворение «I Ate Too Much"
I ate too much turkey,
I ate too much corn,
I ate too much pudding and pie,
I'm stuffed up with muffins
and much to much stuff in',
I'm probably going to die.I piled up my plate
and I ate and I ate,
But I wish I had known when to stop,
for I'm so crammed with yams,
sauces, gravies, and jams
that my buttons are starting to pop.I'm full of tomatoes
and french fried potatoes,
my stomach is swollen and sore,
but there's still some dessert,
so I guess it won't hurt
if I eat just a little bit more.
Дед снимает тапочки, раздевается, кричит перед телевизором, где показывают футбол.
Стихотворение про футбол (один ученик держит телевизор).
Our turkey dinner's hardly gone
when Daddy says," The game is on."
He tunes it in, takes off his shoes,
and turns to watch his heroes lose.
He sits and screams, we sit and grin,
he gets so mad when they don't win.
Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same
without my father's football game.
Заключение. Все уходят. Остаются 3 ученика.
Стихотворение Thanksgiving(в руках фрукты и овощи).
Thank You
For all my hands can hold
Apples red
And melons gold,
Yellow corn
Both ripe and sweet,
Peas and beans
So good to eat!Thank You
For all my eyes can see
Lovely sunlight,
Field and tree,
White cloud-boats
In sea-deep sky,
Soaring bird
And butterfly.Thank You
For all my ears can hear -
Birds’ song echoing
Far and near,
Songs of little
Stream, big sea,
Cricket, bullfrog,
Duck and bee!