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The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

📍 Plymouth, 1627, then Cape Ann

5 chapters on a 3D map of Plymouth, 1627, then Cape Ann, about 80 minutes in all. Students explore it with Scout, find a true story at each place, then use what they learned.

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Scout walks up Leyden Street between thatched houses in Plymouth, 1627

The chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Voyage

    About 20 minutes

    The Ship They Came On · Rules Before Landing · The Rock · The First Street

    Standards: 3.T4.1a · 3.T4.1b · RI.3.3

  2. Chapter 2: The First Winter

    About 15 minutes

    The Fort on the Hill · The Hill That Looked Unchanged · A House From 1640

    Standards: 3.T4.1c · 3.T5.3

  3. Chapter 3: Life at Plimoth

    About 20 minutes

    A One-Room Home · Everyone Had a Job · Fields and Furs · The Hard Parts

    Standards: 3.T4.1c · 3.T5.3

  4. Chapter 4: Patuxet

    About 20 minutes

    The Harvest Feast · The Brook Where Corn Was Taught

    Standards: 3.T4.1c · 3.T2.3a · 3.T5.1

  5. Chapter 5: The Pilgrims Come to Cape Ann

    About 10 minutes

    The Fish Stages · The Pilgrims Come to Cape Ann on the map of Cape Ann

    Standards: 3.T4.1c · 3.T5.5a

What each standard covers →

Three of its story cards

Word for word what students read, with the sources we checked them against.

1620

The Ship They Came On

The Mayflower sailed from England in 1620. It carried 102 people and a crew. The trip took 66 days. Most people stayed below the deck, in the dark, as the ship rolled. One baby was born at sea. His name was Oceanus. The ship was headed for land near the Hudson River. Storms pushed it north to Cape Cod instead. In December it came into this harbor. It stayed all winter, while the first houses went up. In April 1621 it sailed back to England.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pilgrimhall.org

1622

The Fort on the Hill

Climb to the top. Can you see the whole harbor? That is why the Pilgrims chose this hill. In 1622 they built a fort up here, with cannons on the roof. The fort was also where the whole town met, to pray and to decide things. They called it the meeting house. Later the hill became the town's burying ground. Governor William Bradford is buried here. He led Plymouth for more than 30 years and wrote its story. His book is how we know what happened.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pilgrimhall.org

1621

The Harvest Feast

In the fall of 1621 the Pilgrims had their first good harvest. They held a feast that lasted three days. The sachem Massasoit came with 90 men, and they brought five deer. There was corn, fish, wild birds, and shellfish. No pie. Not even pumpkin pie. Later, people called it the first Thanksgiving. Both peoples already had their own days of giving thanks. We remember this one because the two came together. Here in the village you can see the kind of houses they ate beside.

Sources: pilgrimhall.org · en.wikipedia.org · plimoth.org

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