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.

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• Plimoth Plantation: Homework Help

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

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• Pilgrim Fact Cards

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

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• 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.

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• Pilgrim Sarcophagus

  See pictures of where some pilgrims are buried.

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• 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.

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• FactMonster: A Not-So-Traditional Thanksgiving

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

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• FactMonster: Pilgrims

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

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• Scholastic: Grolier Online: Pilgrims

  Students can read this encyclopedia entry on the Pilgrims.

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• 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."

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• 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.

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• Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• eThemes Resource: Mayflower Voyage

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

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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
• UT
  • 1.1.b
  • 1.2.a
  • 1.2.a
  • 1.2.b
  • 1.2.c
• 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

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Created: April 10, 2000 at 12:03 | Updated: December 06, 2012 at 19:54