Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony

These sites are about the life and times of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth and established a colony. Students can explore many images and listen to audio files. There are links to eThemes Resources on the Mayflower Voyage, the Wampanoag Indians, and Thanksgiving.

Grades

• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6

Links

Scholastic: Internet Field Trip: Before the Pilgrims

Students can discover what happened before the Pilgrims arrived.

Plimoth Plantation: Homework Help

Click on the links on the right for articles on topics such as the English colonists and Thanksgiving.

Pilgrim Fact Cards

This site has seven lesson plans about the pilgrims. NOTE: The site includes ads and pop-up ads.

Plimoth Plantation: Myth and Reality

Students can read articles such as “Were They All Shorter Back Then?”

The Pilgrim Story

This site from the Pilgrim Hall Museum tells about these people who founded Plymouth. Links at the bottom direct you to much more Pilgrim information.

Pilgrim Sarcophagus

See pictures of where some pilgrims are buried.

Plimoth Plantation: Timeline

Students can explore this timeline. Teachers can find resources by clicking on “Teachers.”

Plimoth Plantation

Explore these links for information about pilgrims and the Wampanoag. There are coloring pictures, recipes, and audio files of what the pilgrims would have sounded like using 17th-century English.

FactMonster: A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving

This encyclopedia entry gives an Indian perspective of Thanksgiving. NOTE: The site includes ads.

FactMonster: Pilgrims

Students can read some background information on the Pilgrims. NOTE: The site includes ads.

Scholastic: Grolier Online: Pilgrims

Students can read this encyclopedia entry on the Pilgrims.

Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving

This site has audio files and slideshows. Students can explore “Voyage on the Mayflower,” “Daily Life,” and “The Thanksgiving Feast.” There is also a “Teacher’s Guide” and a “Related Booklist.”

You are the Historian

This interactive site about Thanksgiving requires a high speed connection, Macromedia Flash Player 6, and Internet Explorer 5+. A teacher’s guide is also available.

Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving

This site has many downloadable images related to the First Thanksgiving.

eThemes Resource: Holiday: Thanksgiving

These sites are about the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Native Americans. There are math word problems with a Thanksgiving theme, story prompts, art projects, and other activities.

eThemes Resource: Native Americans: Wampanoag

These sites are about the Wampanoag Indians and Squanto. Squanto helped the Pilgrims and may have been present at the first Thanksgiving. There are maps, lesson plans, and a play.

eThemes Resource: Mayflower Voyage

These sites tell about the Pilgrims’ journey on the Mayflower to Plymouth. There are diagrams, photographs, and a map.

Education Standards

• MO
  • 1
  • 1.1
  • 1.10
  • 1.2
  • 1.4
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
  • 1.7
  • 1.8
  • 1.9
  • 2
  • 2.1
  • 2.3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 4
  • 4.3
  • 6
  • 6
  • 7
• NV
  • H.3.5.1
  • H.5.3.6.a
  • H.5.3.6.b
  • H.5.3.6.c
  • H.5.5.11
  • H.5.5.6.a
  • H.5.5.6.d
  • H.5.5.6.e
  • H.5.5.6.f
  • H.5.5.6.g
  • H.5.8.10
  • H.5.8.9
• UT
  • 1.1.b
  • 1.2.a
  • 1.2.a
  • 1.2.b
  • 1.2.c

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Created: April 10, 2000 at 12:03.06 | Updated: June 27, 2010 at 03:50.45