Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Pilgrims
An image of "Pilgrims", created by Gislebertus from 1120-30 (Stone).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Ghent Altarpiece: The Holy Pilgrims
An image of "The Ghent Altarpiece: The Holy Pilgrims", created by Jan Van Eyck from 1427-30 (Oil on wood, 148,7 x 54,2 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: 12 Members of the Haarlem Brotherhood of Jerusalem Pilgrims
An image of "12 Members of the Haarlem Brotherhood of Jerusalem Pilgrims", created by Jan Van Scorel from 1528-29 (Oil on panel, 115 x 276 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Young Pilgrim Girl
An image of "Young Pilgrim Girl", created by Alexis Grimou from 1725-26 (Oil on canvas, 82 x 64 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Pilgrims Meet the Pope
An image of "The Pilgrims Meet the Pope", created by Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1492 (Tempera on canvas, 281 x 307 cm).
Library of Congress
Loc: Inaugural Pilgrim Finds Her History
87 year old civil rights activist, Isaac Lowe, came from her small California town to Washington, D.C. to witness the inauguration of the President Barack Obama in 2009. Her story is featured in this article.
Other
Pilgrim Hall: King Philip's War
This site is nicely organized and describes the war's impact on the colonists as well as the Indians.
EL Education
El Education: First Thanksgiving Cards
As part of a Learning Expedition about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians, 3rd graders in Springfield, Massachusetts created these note cards. They focused on the "real" story of the first Thanksgiving, using multiple perspectives...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Mayflower and the Mayflower Compact
Although brief, this article gives information about the Pilgrims and "strangers,", size of the Mayflower, and the reason for the Mayflower Compact.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The First Thanksgiving
This brief article tells of the help the Indians gave the Pilgrims in learning about the land, resulting in the first Thanksgiving.
Other
Religious Tolerance in Colonial America
Religious tolerance was an important but often misunderstood contribution of the colonial era. Tolerance developed only after time. Groups such as the Pilgrims and Puritans who left Europe to escape religious persecution often were...
Mayflower History
Mayflower history.com: The End of the Mayflower
Explains what is known about what happened to the Mayflower, the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World. Popular belief is that it ended up as the building materials of a barn in England but no evidence has been found to support...
Smithsonian Institution
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Thanksgiving in North America
The Pilgrim's Thanksgiving Feast was not the first Thanksgiving celebration. Discover previous Thanksgiving festivals held in North America.
Mayflower History
Mayflower history.com: Fortune Passenger List (1621)
Provides the list of passengers who traveled on the voyage of the Fortune in 1621.
Other
Plimoth Plantation: 1627 English Village
This site describes what you might see if you make a trip to Plimouth Plantation.
Scholastic
Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving
This is a site covering every aspect of the first Thanksgiving ever celebrated. There is a picture timeline, an interactive trip on the Mayflower, and wonderful descriptions of what the lives of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Emergent Readers With and Emergent Reader
Students will sequence story events with the teacher and read an emergent reader in a guided setting. The chosen book, "Pilgrims and Wampanoag: Together They Were Better", has high use of sight words and high levels of picture support...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature
This site presents the full text of the "Simonds History of American Literature." This detailed reference book explores the literature in early colonial times, the eighteenth century, the beginning of the nineteenth century, the New...
University of Michigan
Making of America: Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes
A complete, searchable text of "Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," which was illustrated by George Randolph Barse and others.
Other
The Food Timeline
A collection of food resources-- in chronological order can be viewed at this site. Want to know what the pioneers cooked or when agriculture began? When was the Moon Pie invented? How about jelly beans, catsup, or breakfast cereal?...
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
An excellent site from the UK. Includes biographical information on Chaucer, historical context, and in-depth information on the Wife of Bath, complete with the relationship between the prologue and tale, character analysis, and essay...
University of Michigan
Middle English Compendium: The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: William Bradford
Seventeenth century author, William Bradford, set sail on the Mayflower and embarked on a journey to the New World using his experiences for his writings. Click on "William Bradford Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: The Slave Narrative
In addition to defining "Slave Narrative," this website includes information on the styles and influences associated with slave narratives. Also provided, are links to several examples of nineteenth- and twentieth-century slave narratives.
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