I have compiled a list of resources for studying the Pilgrims, Plimoth Plantation, The Mayflower & the 'first' Thanksgiving. My girls are early elementary age, but these resources could be used for older students as well. We will revisit this unit study annually. For now, we are having a ball with it. We started this unit mid-November and will spend many enjoyable hours on these books & projects. Please share your favorites that I have (or have not) listed. Thank you, and...
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Hands-On Activities:
3-D Mayflower Model
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Squidoo Thanksgiving Lapbooks
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Squidoo Thanksgiving Lapbooks
Free Internet Resources:
Books
Thankfully I already own these resources as part of our American History program.
Story Of The World 3 by Susan Wise Bauer: Ch. 6, New Colonies in the New World
Veritas Press Cards #8 ‘The Mayflower Lands & Plymoth, 1620’and #9, ‘Pilgrims Build Plymoth Colony, 1621’
History Of Us, by Joy Hakim, Book 2, ch 13 – 15
What Your Second Grader Needs To Know, page 126
The Complete Book of United States History, page 63-66, Squanto Helps The Pilgrims
BJU Heritage Studies 3, ch. 4, The New England Colonies
The Pilgrims Of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Audio/Video:
Audio version of the book Landing Of The Pilgrims
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Mayflower Voyagers
Scholastic Plimoth Plantation Live Video-cast
Hymns:
Thanksgiving Medly on youtube
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come,
For the Beauty of The Earth
For the purpose of self-education, I read these:
America’s Providential History, ch. 5, 6, 7
11 comments:
I love the very colorful Mayflower pictures. We are studying the same time period right now. We use history pockets, but now I definitely need to get the 3D Interactive Maps that I have had on my wishlist.
You gals have so much fun!
Beautiful! What great resources you've listed. My 1st grader would love this!
This is great, Beth! I have the 3-D maps book ... can't wait to use it!
Where did you get the dry ice experiment from? Can you share what you bought and what you did? My boys would LOVE that!
Thank you for all these links! I think we'll take some time from our regularly scheduled programming next week to do some of these...if I can find the time between all the cooking!!!
What a wonderful list of resources! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your cuties!
Great collection of resources! I wish I had some to add!
Lee
Lots of great resources! We're just starting our early American study! If I run across some other good resources I'll let you know!
This is a great resource! I would add the book Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness, and for your self education: the video Desperate Crossing.
Thanks for sharing!
Kristiana
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