Plymouth Colony Project

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Plymouth Colony

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Plymouth Colony, America's first permanent Puritan settlement, was established by English Separatist Puritans in December 1620. The Pilgrims left England to seek religious freedom, or simply to find a better life. After a period in Holland, they set sail from Plymouth, England, on Sept. 16, 1620, aboard the Mayflower, its 102 passengers spending 65 days at sea.

Read "First Conflicts and Sharp Beginnings" in Cobblestone, November 1989 and answer the following questions.

What was the illegal and dangerous act William Bradford, William Brewster and the Scrooby Separatist were committing?
Who controlled the Church of England?
When the Separatist left England, where did they go?

What is the game Stool-Ball? Pages 34 & 35 in Cobblestone, November 1989

Copy the diagram of the cross section of the Mayflower into your Word document.

http://members.aol.com/mayflo1620/cross-section.html

Play the game "Journey to the New World" with your partner. Have fun!

Using the world map given to your group, color England blue, Holland (Netherlands) red, and Massachusetts green. Please make a key for your map. Now draw arrows showing the route the Pilgrims took to the new world once leaving England

Using the book, On the Mayflower, by Kate Waters (page 37), label the diagram of the Mayflower with her sails.

Print out the map of Massachusetts and circle the Plymouth colony in red. http://www.pilgrimhall.org/colgrows.htm

Color the poster of Plymouth colony then using the book Forts in America, by Harold L. Peterson explain the steps Miles Standish had the Pilgrims uses in building the fort. Then answer the following questions.

1. When was the palisade with the three gates completed?
2. Describe the first stockade the pilgrims made.

Using the following web site identify the nine different pictures shown of the Plymouth Plantation http://www.geocities.com/vlague/faculty/summer_projects/ply1.htm

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Using the following web site, locate information on the highlighted person below. Save the information to your Word document before printing it. Once printed, glue the mini biography on to a 5" by 8" note card and add it to the class Plymouth Biography Archive.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/

John Alden	William Bradford	William Brewster
John Carver	Peregrine White	Edward Winslow
Myles Standish	Samoset	Massasoit
Squanto

The girls need to read Sarah Morton’s Day, by Kate Waters and research (page 3) who she was and information about her family.

What are the steps Sarah need to take in order to get dress each day. Pages 6 & 7

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The boys need to read Samuel Eaton’s Day, by Kate Waters and research (page 3) who he was and information about his family.

What are the steps Samuel need to take in order to get dress each day. Pages 6 & 7

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Using the following web site, research and write a paragraph about the Wampanoag tribe inside the diagram of a longhouse. http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/

Using the following books, research and make the highlighted recipe. Bring it to class on December 10^th.

Food and Recipes of the Pilgrims, by George Erdosh

Baked Butternut Squash	New England Mashed Turnips	Pilgrims’ Honey Apples
Maple-Ginger Tea

Eating The Plates, "A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners", by Lucille Recht Penner

Fresh Corn Soup	Red Pickled Eggs	Hot Indian Pudding
Succotash Stew	Spicy Cucumber Catsup	Bannock Cakes
Bearberry Jelly		Hot Nuts
Whole Baked Pumpkin Stuffed with Apples

Through the above activity, students are working on Information Technology GE 3-4 1, GE 3-4 3, GE 3-4 5.

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