Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons): Thanksgiving Activity (Grades 3-8)

Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons)

Grade Levels: 3 - 8

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
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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 history 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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