The
First Thanksgiving (Scholastic Inc)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
Students explore the voyage on the Mayflower,
the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, and the events
that led up to the harvest feast celebrated by both groups. An intimate
perspective is provided by "interviews" with Pilgrim interpreters playing
the roles of actual Pilgrims
and a modern-day Wampanoag descendant. This
site includes several different sections for exploration including: Picture
Time Line, Voyage on the Mayflower, Plimoth: 1621, Thanksgiving CyberChallenge,
and a Teacher's Guide. The Teacher's Guide includes: assessment and rubrics,
learning objectives, description of components, lesson suggestions, project
text, national standards, cross curricular extensions, and more resources.
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving
http://www.gj.net/~plewis/Squanto.html
Your class will enjoy this interactive Internet Thanksgiving activity. After students answer a Thanksgiving pretest, they are guided to specific web sites to research questions, check their answers, and enjoy a tour of the first Plymouth settlement.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_Thanks.html
18 different Thanksgiving related craft projects are located at this site for holiday fun and gifts.
Welcome to the Mayflower Web Page! - http://users.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
This incredibly rich web site features historical and genealogical information about the passengers on the Mayflower. It includes diaries, biographies, myths, early writings, and links to other Pilgrim sites.
America's Homepage - http://pilgrims.net/plymouth
View this web site to learn the "true story" of the first Thanksgiving, and take a virtual tour of Plimoth Plantation.
An American Thanksgiving for Kids and Families -
http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/#top
This site includes Thanksgiving alphabet rhymes, poems, music, pictures, and history links.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm
Antique photos of parade history, and parade route maps can all be seen at this web site location.
Explore the history of the early tribes that inhabited North America.
Civilization
Canada: Native Groups
http://www.civilisations.ca/aborig/stones/engfrm.htm
Visit an interactive exhibit that features
photographs of the many different
clothing, toys, and musical instruments
belonging to Native Americans. Click
on Native Groups for a description of 18
tribes.
Northeast
Wigwam
http://www.newigwam.com/index.htm
Click on Northeast Tribes to find out more
about the Abenaki, Maliseet,
Micmac, Mohegan, Narragansett, Passamaquoddy,
and Wampanoag tribes. Learn
about Native American gardening, including
"the three sisters" and how they
are planted.
Pilgrim
Hall Museum
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/plgrmhll.htm
Visit the Pilgrim Hall Museum in the center
of historic Plymouth,
Massachusetts to learn more about the lives
of the Pilgrims and Native
Americans. Exhibits contain a wide variety
of historic documents and
pictures.
Native
Americans Children's Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/nativeamericans.html
This site includes children's literature
information related to Native
Americans and advice on how to present the
topic to elementary school
children.
