this drawing really isn't thanksgiving'ish at all except for the large bird on the plate. this is what happens when you mix anime and american holidays together
per jeremy's suggestion, i showed my students the oldest primary school trick in the book- the handprint turkey. having them each make their own would have been a logistical disaster so i just showed them on the chalkboard how to do it and left it at that. one little girl made her own though! it's like 50 times better than the one i made.
so that pretty much has been my thanksgiving in china. my thanksgiving ppt lesson included one slide on each: family dinner, turkey, pie, pilgrims and indians, handprint turkeys, the macy's day parade, football and of course, a picture of spongebob saying happy thanksgiving (i use him for every holiday haha). i think it was a good array of material, but man, i had to dumb down my pilgrims and indians slide so much that i felt like it was insulting. the slide was a picture of an indian and a pilgrim holding a turkey together (which they did not actually have on the first thanksgiving). after explaining who the pilgrims and indians were, my explanation of the first thanksgiving went something like this- 'before, the pilgrims and indians were not friends. they did not like each other. they fought (hit clenched fists together to indicate fighting until my student's faces reveal understanding). then, one day, they had a big dinner together. they were very happy. this is why thanksgiving is so important.' oh my god...hahah
tonight i'm going out to one of the few good western restaurants in dalian, so hopefully i can get some turkey. the owner is chinese but he used to live in canada so he is well versed in western cooking. yum yum..
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