Instructional Video
Plimoth Patuxet Museums

History In A New Light: Illuminating the Archaeology of Historic Patuxet and Plymouth

4th - 12th
A 12-minute virtual tour introduces viewers to the newest exhibition at the Plymouth Plantation museum. The video, featuring artifacts from an archaeological dig at historic Patuxet and Plymouth, begins with Wampanoag displays and moves...
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C-SPAN

On This Day: Mayflower Compact

7th - Higher Ed Standards
Learners consider how the Mayflower Compact created a sense of order for the new residents of North America. Video clips include a scholar and a re-enactor playing Plymouth Gov. William Bradford, and others include Native American...
Instructional Video1:25:00
Scholastic

Plimoth Plantation Virtual Field Trips

3rd - 8th
Take a virtual field trip to Plimoth Plantation with four video tours and a slideshow. Videos take viewers aboard the Mayflower, inside a pilgrim village, to a Wampanoag homesite, and the Plimoth Plantation. Slideshow pictures are...
Instructional Video2:32
PBS

The Pilgrims: The Origins of Separatism

9th - 12th Standards
Why did the Separatists want to leave the Church of England? A short video introduces viewers to some of the tenets of this religious movement that led the Pilgrims to America.
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PBS

The Pilgrims: Native American Relationship to the Land

9th - 12th Standards
An informative video sets the context for a lesson that asks young historians to consider how cultural values influence perspective. Groups compare the attitudes reflected in a journal entry of a member of the Plymouth Colony to those of...
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PBS

Thanksgiving | All About the Holidays

2nd - 6th
What happens on the fourth Thursday in November? Thanksgiving! Watch a video that introduces young viewers to this American holiday.
Instructional Video5:04
Curated OER

The Pilgrims: Alliance with Massasoit’s People and the First Thanksgiving

6th - 8th Standards
Is the story of the First Thanksgiving actually all it's said to have been? Watch a video that sheds light on the event, who Samoset and Massasoit were, and what the First Thanksgiving was really all about.