Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Giving Thanks

Web Resources for Educators by Midge Frazel

Thanksgiving Resources on the Web
for Educators

Part 1: Teacher's Guide: Professional Development
Getting Started: Stepping on Plymouth Rock
plimoth rock row
The Landing of the Pilgrims
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_subj_e.html
That's Plymouth Rock? Web Presentation
by Midge Frazel
That's Plymouth Rock? WebQuest
by Midge Frazel
The "First Thanksgiving": Fact or Myth?
Consider what you think you know or that what you were taught in school may not be correct!
You Are the Historian! Investigating the First Thanksgiving
Plimoth Plantation's Learning Experience for the Classroom
[now a downloadable file for using on the desktop]
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
Homework Help for Students
(Teachers can use this too!)
All 'Bout Cranberries
a K-8 Curriculum Guide
available by mail
Teacher's Guide: Becoming a Historian
http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/hpteachg.html
Just for Teachers
Plimouth Plantation Resources for Educators
look for maps, timeline and helpful hints
http://www.plimoth.org/education/teachers/
Massachusetts Frameworks Connection
The First Thanksgiving
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
Primary Resources for the "First Thanksgiving"
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/1stthnks.htm
The Genealogy of Thanksgiving
http://www.genealogyforum.com/
gfaol/Thanksgiving/index.html
The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth
By Jennie A. Brownscombe (1850-1936)
George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
URL: http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/
firsts/thanksgiving/index.html
Thanksgiving in American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
features/thanks/thanks.html
The Evolution of the Modern Thanksgiving
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/thnkevol.htm
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
URL: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/thanksgiv.html
June 20, 1676
The University of Oklahoma Law Center
The National Day of Mourning
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/daymourn.htm
...with commentary on the Native American position
Caleb Johnson's Information for Teachers
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Introduction/teachers.php
Essential Background Resources
Hands-on History: The Mayflower
from Grosse Point Public Schools, Michigan
...a 33 page, printable booklet for students or teachers of elementary students
Pilgrim Hall Museum
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/
Beyond the Pilgrim Story
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/pilstory.htm
A Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation
http://archnet.asu.edu/archives/
historic/plimoth/plimoth.html
Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
URL: http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation
/vtour/index.htm
The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony 1620
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/
Study Guide
Wampanoag Indians: Boston's Children's Museum
http://www.bostonkids.org/educators/wampanoag.html
Departure from the Old World
Departure of the Pilgrims from Delft Haven
Painting by Charles Lucy, c1847
URL: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/hplucy.htm
Voyage of the Mayflower and the Speedwell
Use How far is it to find the distance between two places.
( e.g. Southampton, England, United Kingdom
and Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages
Caleb Johnson is a historian with a special interest in this topic.
URL: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com

Massachusetts Learning Standards
3.2 Identify the Wampanoags and their leaders at the time the Pilgrims arrived,
and describe their way of life. (H, G)
3.3 Identify who the Pilgrims were and explain why they left Europe to seek religious freedom;
describe their journey and their early years in the Plymouth Colony. (H, G, C, E)
a. the purpose of the Mayflower Compact and its principles of self-government
b. challenges in settling in America
c. events leading to the first Thanksgiving.
3.4 Identify early leaders in Massachusetts, such as John Winthrop; describe the daily life,
education, and work of the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (H, E, C)

Page created: 6/9/99
Last modified: 11/1/07
Please note that that the links on this page and on other pages
from my site are links to already existing pages.
 I have no control over them and I am not responsible
for the information that they contain.
Use the information wisely, please.
Midge Frazel midgef@midgefrazel.net
P.O. Box 159 Bridgewater, MA 02324
Remember! We do not know what the Pilgrims looked like..
and most clipart and coloring pages do not adequately
represent either the Pilgrims or the Native Americans
and are only here for decorative purposes.
http://www.midgefrazel.net/wqtg1.html