Of Plymouth Plantation

by William Bradford

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Internet Resources

The “First Thanksgiving”: Facts and Fancies
Grade Levels: Intermediate, Middle, Secondary
Plimoth Plantation provides a run-down of the historical events surrounding Thanksgiving. See the sidebar for further angles on the history of Thanksgiving in America.
http://www.plimoth.org/Library/Thanksgiving/firstT.htm

Mayflower Web Pages
Grade Levels: All
Information and text from many original documents shed light on the passengers of the Mayflower, life at Plymouth, and the first Thanksgiving. The section on Pilgrim writings includes journals and letters written before, during, and after crossing the ocean.
http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html

Plymouth: Its History and People
Grade Levels: Intermediate, Middle, Secondary
Encyclopedic entries cover the Mayflower, the Wampanoag Tribe, Pilgrims such as Myles Standish and John Carver, and a Mayflower Passenger list.
http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/index.htm

Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
Grade Levels: All
See photos of reconstructed life in the 1627 village of Plimoth.
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm

Wampanoag History
Grade Levels: Middle, Secondary
The Wampanoag were living in the area now known as New England at the time the Pilgrims arrived. Read about their population, sub-tribes, and history.
http://www.dickshovel.com/wampa.html

Related Books

American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr.
Author: Michael Warner (Editor)
Publisher: Library of America
Grade Levels: Secondary
This book contains sermons from the 1600s to the 1900s, a very important style in American literature. Explore the Pilgrims' way of thinking by comparing their religious views with those of other American Christians.

Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners
Author: Lucille Recht Penner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Grade Levels: All
Learn about home life in early Plymouth, MA. Penner explains the differences between the foods Pilgrims ate in Europe with those that were available in the New World. Also included are recipes from the era and an overview of crude Pilgrim manners.

A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony
Author: John Demos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Grade Levels: Secondary
Demos describes everyday life at Plymouth Plantation. It turns out that the Pilgrims were not as puritanical as we may believe. Read this book to gain insight about the lives of Pilgrims and dispel the folklore surrounding them.