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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students create a reflective journal entry on the lives of Pilgrim Students. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students examine why the Pilgrims actually came to America and what these people faced when they made the decision to sail to the New World. They put themselves in the place of the Pilgrims to enhance their learning. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth. They create a postcard to send to a friend in Europe as if they were a Pilgrim; illustrating one aspect of the settling in Plymouth on the front and writing a brief message on the back. Students utilize Pilgrim Fact Cards which are imbedded in this plan. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students locate Plymouth, MA, Hudson River, Cape Cod, Holland and England on a map. They identify the reasons the Pilgrims came to the New World and explain how the investors and the colonists would each benefit from a new colony. After everyone has filled in their Study Guide Sheet and maps, students add facts to the Class Chart on Pilgrims. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students listen to the book, THE STORY OF THE PILGRIMS, noticing as the teacher lists key words on the board, and then answering questions about the story. They draw a picture of what they think it looked like inside the Mayflower when all the Pilgrims were sailing in it to America. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students explore the Pilgrims and their clothing. They discuss current trends in fashion and complete a Venn diagram comparing the Pilgrim attire to present day clothing and research websites regarding the Pilgrims. After researching, they take pictures with a digital camera and draw pictures of Pilgrim clothing. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students brainstorm words relating to Pilgrims, write list of necessary items to bring on trip to New World, write paragraphs in journals from Pilgrim children's perspective about leaving their homes, write and sign Mayflower Compact, and write descriptive paragraphs about Pilgrim's first winter in New World. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students explore immigrants and immigration to the United States. They define and explain their definition of the term pilgrim. Students evaluate the goals of their ancestors as they arrived in America. Students research and design a doll representative of their heritage. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students are given extensive and intensive reading practice. They review language from the text and give freer speaking practice. Students read an amusing article about an aspect of religion, it should not be used to ridicule pilgrims, pilgrimages or religion in general. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students study the similarities and differences between the Pilgrims and ourselves. They identify characteristics of Pilgrim children such as the foods they ate, activities they participated in, and the people involved in their lives, etc. Full Review »
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