Preparation Outline For Informative Spe
Preparation Outline for Informative Speech
Pamela Carter
Specific Purpose: To inform on the history and traditions of Thanksgiving, as well as the new era traditions of the holiday.
Introduction
As long as I can remember my family has always had food on the table and a family gathering on the fourth November in our home. We have all heard elementary stories of wood cabins and the Pilgrims and Indians celebrating thanksgiving. Though, I never knew the reason they were celebrating. Today as Thanksgiving is closely approaching, I am going to talk to you about the history of Thanksgiving, its traditions, and how our era and personal preferences influence the traditions in our celebrations.
First let’s start by learning the origination of the Thanksgiving holiday.
I. According to Caleb Johnson’s The Mayflower, “The pilgrim’s gave thanks in 1621 (the actual date unknown) for the first time.”
A. In this article he has a published Plimouth letter. This letter gives us insight as to why they celebrated a day of thanks and with what foods.
B. This being that the pilgrims had a scarce crop the years before that had led to sickness and death. The foods they celebrated with was a variety of foods from their crop, many fish, and wildlife animals. So because in the year of 1621 their crops group plentiful, the people of Plimouth decided give thanks to god for their year of blossoming crops. So they celebrated with food and thanks for 3 days.
C. This is also the only known account of the Plimouth’s celebration for years to come. The next account was some twenty years later in a published article by William Bradford.
So how did a National Holiday come into effect? Why the fourth Thursday?
II. The years leading up to a National Holiday
A. The Continental Congress proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving in 1777. Yet, Presidents Washington, Adams and Monroe proclaimed national Thanksgivings, but the custom fell out of use by 1815, after which the celebration of the
Pamela Carter
Specific Purpose: To inform on the history and traditions of Thanksgiving, as well as the new era traditions of the holiday.
Introduction
As long as I can remember my family has always had food on the table and a family gathering on the fourth November in our home. We have all heard elementary stories of wood cabins and the Pilgrims and Indians celebrating thanksgiving. Though, I never knew the reason they were celebrating. Today as Thanksgiving is closely approaching, I am going to talk to you about the history of Thanksgiving, its traditions, and how our era and personal preferences influence the traditions in our celebrations.
First let’s start by learning the origination of the Thanksgiving holiday.
I. According to Caleb Johnson’s The Mayflower, “The pilgrim’s gave thanks in 1621 (the actual date unknown) for the first time.”
A. In this article he has a published Plimouth letter. This letter gives us insight as to why they celebrated a day of thanks and with what foods.
B. This being that the pilgrims had a scarce crop the years before that had led to sickness and death. The foods they celebrated with was a variety of foods from their crop, many fish, and wildlife animals. So because in the year of 1621 their crops group plentiful, the people of Plimouth decided give thanks to god for their year of blossoming crops. So they celebrated with food and thanks for 3 days.
C. This is also the only known account of the Plimouth’s celebration for years to come. The next account was some twenty years later in a published article by William Bradford.
So how did a National Holiday come into effect? Why the fourth Thursday?
II. The years leading up to a National Holiday
A. The Continental Congress proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving in 1777. Yet, Presidents Washington, Adams and Monroe proclaimed national Thanksgivings, but the custom fell out of use by 1815, after which the celebration of the