Curated Video
The Plymouth Colony and Colonial Life in the 1600s
Dr. Forrester tells the story of the Plymouth Colony and how difficult life must have been for the early settlers like the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
Curated Video
European Immigration and Ellis Island
Dr. Forrester talks about the variety of immigrants who have come to America and the various reasons they came. She then talks about the immigration center at Ellis Island.
Curated Video
The Puritans
“The Puritans” discusses who the Puritans were, why they left England, and what colonies they founded in the New World.
Curated Video
What is the Mayflower Compact?
A short agreement by the Pilgrims and other colonists on board the Mayflower set in motion a system of government that inspired our country’s founding documents.
Curated Video
The New England Colonies
This video will discuss the establishment of the New England colonies and early colonial life there.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? The Mayflower
Learn about the Mayflower, the ship that took the Pilgrims from England to Massachusetts.
Mr. Beat
The Pilgrims (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time, 102 people on a merchant ship called the Mayflower sailed out across the Atlantic Ocean. Leaving Plymouth, in southwestern England, on September 16th, 1620, the ship included 35 members of a Puritan group known as the...
Wonderscape
Holiday Kids: All About Thanksgiving
This video is a lesson about the history and traditions of Thanksgiving in the United States. It covers topics such as the voyage of the Mayflower, the help provided by Native Americans, the first Thanksgiving feast, the establishment of...
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: Mayflower Compact Part 1
Today we discuss the Mayflower Compact.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Mayflower Compact Part 2
Today we present the excerpted text of the Mayflower Compact.