The First Thanksgiving Graphic Novel and Coloring Book

A Historical look at the first Thanksgiving. This graphic novel covers the first few years before the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth. Beginning with Squanto, whose full name was Tisquantum, we cover his capture and enslavement before bringing him back to his homeland, only to find all his people wiped out from the plague. From there, the story picks up with Remember Allerton sharing about the new settlers and their difficult trip in the Mayflower, and even more difficult winter in the new land. Read more about the details here in our Thankgiving Graphic Novel Blog.

The graphic novel is 12 pages in length. We include a colored version and a black and white coloring book version so that students may color their own. We also include 4 pages of additional historical notes on the subjects covered in the graphic novel.

We include primary sources when possible (William Bradford, Sir Ferdinand Gorges, Edward Winslow) and we include the Native American Perspective in our historical notes section.