Thanksgiving Gives Class a Taste of History

Fifth-grade teacher Joan Flax believes that adding real-life drama can spice up a history lesson.

Her 31 students at Stephen Foster Elementary School spent Tuesday replicating the first Thanksgiving feast.

The 10-year-old students dressed in period costumes began cooking at 8:30 a.m. and sat down to their feast of turkey, spoon bread, bear berry jelly, succotash and Indian pudding at noon.

The students, who are studying the Pilgrims and the American Colonial experience in their social studies class, selected the menu and ingredients based on authentic recipes.