Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons)

Grade Levels: 3 - 8

Pilgrim Study Unit Overview

This unit will lead students towards an understanding of the Pilgrims and native people who inhabited the area of present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts in the 1620's. The main texts are children's books and other reference materials.

LESSON TITLE(S)	OBJECTIVES	MATERIALS
Lesson 1 Planning for the Voyage	Students will be able to locate Plymouth, MA, Hudson River, Cape Cod, Holland and England on a map. Students will be able to identify the reasons the Pilgrims came to the New World. Students will be able to explain how the investors and the colonists would each benefit from a new colony.	Maps Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards
Lesson 2 Aboard the Mayflower	Students will be able to identify the difficult and the pleasant aspects of the voyage of the Mayflower. Students will be able to differentiate between the terms "Saints" and "Strangers."	Maps Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards
Lesson 3 Choosing Plymouth	Students will be able to explain how the Pilgrims landed in the "wrong" place. Students will be able to explain the reasons the native people attacked the Pilgrims and sailors on Cape Cod. Students will be able to identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth.	Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards
Lesson 4 The First Winter	Students will be able to describe the first winter that the Pilgrims spent in Plymouth. Students will be able to retell the first meeting of the native people and the Pilgrims.	Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards
Lesson 5 The First Thanksgiving	Students will be able to explain the origins of Thanksgiving.	Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards
Lesson 6 Life in Plymouth	Students will be able to write a timeline showing significant events in the Plymouth Colony that occurred between 1621 and 1628.	Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards
Lesson 7 Pilgrim Children	Students will be able to describe a day in the life of a Pilgrim boy or girl in 1627.	Samuel Eaton's Day, Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Waters, Russ Kendall; Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness Pilgrim Fact Cards

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