PBS
The Pilgrims: Mayflower Compact
What was the Mayflower Compact? Watch a video that explains the purpose of coming to New England on the Mayflower and the social compact that bound the Pilgrims to the government and laws that would be created in the new land.
PBS
The Pilgrims: William Bradford
As a young boy, William Bradford was drawn to the Separatist idea that Christ could be with a person through prayer and worship. But soon after the Separatists arrived to Plymouth, the experiment in the New England had failed. Watch a...
PBS
The Pilgrims: The First Winter
After over 66 days of sailing across the Atlantic on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims met their worst enemy: winter. Watch a video that discusses the difficulties and deaths the passengers faced once they arrived to Plymouth during the winter...
History Tube
Eat Like a Powhatan
What kinds of foods did the Powhatan eat, and how did they get these foods? Your pupils can learn about this topic along with Anna, the young girl in the video. Additional activities are provided.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower
Video segment from a PBS documentary about key events in American history as seen from the perspective of Native peoples recounts the experiences of Massasoit, a leading sachem of the Wampanoag, at the time when the English settlement at...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Natural Rights and Founders Pt. 8: The Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims created a social contract called the Mayflower Compact in 1620. Hobbes and Locke would have approved.
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #2: When Is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Society and Religions in the New England Colonies
Pilgrims and Puritans are compared and contrasted by their purpose for emigrating, environment, social structure, and theology.
Other
The Original Thirteen Colonies: The New England Colonies
The first of three videos looking at the similarities and differences between the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. This is a teacher-created video that begins by asking some questions about the thirteen colonies that will be...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Puritans and Pilgrims
Puritans and Pilgrims came to America because they could freely practice their chosen religion and not worry about persecution. Do we still uphold religious freedom in today's society?