Young scholars compare foods available for the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving with contemporary Thanksgiving foods. After reading information about the first Thanksgiving, pupils create a menu and compute the cost of a turkey dinner, using...

In this Massachusetts worksheet, students read a two page text about the history of the state of Massachusetts. Students answer 10 true and false questions.

First graders explain the Native American cyclical concept of time

A good look at the Algonkian tribes that ranged along the Atlantic coast, although different in many ways, but connected linguistically. Read about the Wampanoags, who met the Pilgrims, and the Powhatans, who helped John Smith and his...

After immigrating to the New England colonies, being captured by Wampanoag Indians, Puritan and author acclimates herself to the Native American culture as a form of survival and documents her time kept captive. See "Mary Rowlandson...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational comparing the lives of the Native American Wampanoag tribe in the past and in the present. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A map from 1911 of eastern North America showing the general areas of early contact between the Native Americans and European settlers. The map is divided by groups (Algonquians, Iroquoians, Siouans, and Muskhogeans) and the principal...

A biography of the life of Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoag. It describes his interactions with the Plymouth Colony settlers and treaty negotiations between his tribe and the colony.

Description of brass and copper wire ornaments made by tribes in the Northeast Woodland culture area.

A map of the Dominion of New England (1686), showing the early settlements and the general tribal lands of the Pawtuckets, Massachusetts, Wampanoags, Narragansets, Nipmucks, Pequods, and Mohegans. "New England, a collective name given to...

This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the students performing historical...

A detailed biography of the life of Tisquantum, known as Squanto. Covers some history of the Plymouth Colony and of relations between the colonists and the native peoples.