Activities with Pilgrims

• Visit these web sites:

  Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation  http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm

  An American Thanksgiving  http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/

  Thanksgiving on the Net  http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/

  The First Thanksgiving  http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/first.html-ssi

  The Pilgrims' 1621 Thanksgiving http://members.aol.com/calebj/thanksgiving.html

  You are the Historian http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html

  A Picture Timeline http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/pictimeline/index.htm

  Plimoth Plantation http://www.plimoth.org/

  Printable Map http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pilgrim/mayflowerquiz.shtml

  Pilgrim Unit http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/793.html

  Thanksgiving Activities http://www.trussvilleal.com/thanksgivingteacher.htm

   

• Tape off an area 8 feet by 8 feet on the floor. Have eleven people stand in this space. How crowded does this feel? This is how much space the Pilgrims had aboard the Mayflower.
  

• Eat a typical meal that was served on the Mayflower. Have beef jerky, soda crackers, cheese, and water. Can you imagine eating this three times a day for 66 days? The Pilgrims ate a lot of dried salted meat, hard crackers called hard tack and cheese. In 1620 the Pilgrims preserved their food by salting and drying it.

• Build a Pilgrim village.  http://www.plimoth.org/Museum/Pilgrim_Village/1627.h

• Fill a one-liter clear plastic bottle about half full with mineral oil. Add a few drops of food coloring. Then fill the rest of the bottle with water. Add a small plastic ship to represent the Mayflower. Screw the top on tightly and tape it closed. Make waves by shaking, rocking, and rolling the bottle. Does the plastic ship ride the waves or sink?

Make costumes like the Pilgrims and Native Americans wore.

Act out the first Thanksgiving.

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