Scripts for Kids Drama Plays



Age group:  6-8 

                1st Grade -2nd Grade
                   (Year 2 - Year 3)

Run time:    15 minutes

Topics:         Thanksgiving, pilgrims, harvest

This play celebrates one of the
first Thanksgivings by European settlers in the New World. 
It is both humorous and educational.

The play begins with the journey of the Pilgrims to the New World in their cramped vessel: The Mayflower.

When the Pilgrims arrive in America they establish the Plymouth Colony.

By the spring, the survivors are shown by friendly local Wamponoag Indians how best to plant crops. When the harvest is gathered, the grateful Pilgrims decide to give thanks for their bounty and invite King Massasoit, who arrives with vension as a gift and 90 of his tribe.

The feast lasts for 3 days and the celebrations include: displays of musketry and archery, dancing and games.

However, who has to do all the cooking? Moreover, who's going to do the washing-up?

It's difficult enough deciding what to take for a two week holiday by the seaside, but what would you take on a voyage to establish a colony in the New World? 

The answer is as much as you can cram into a 35 meter long boat with 102 other Pilgrims plus 40 crew members. 

Oops, make that 103 Pilgrims, Oceanus, was born en route.  Did anyone remember to bring some nappies? 

In the New World things were desperate, starvation loomed, until some friendly local tribe showed the Pilgrims what crops to plant. 

Huzzah!  It's time for a celebration of Thanksgiving and don't forget to invite King Massasoit and his tribe!

Buy play script "First Thanksgiving"

Exactly the same script, the only dirrefernce is the purchasing currency.  

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