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Education World

You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the facts and myths that surround the "First Thanksgiving" (the harvest celebration of 1621) at Plimoth Colony. They study the role that historians play in the collection and dissemination of history and use their...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Plymouth Colony Archive Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, Colony laws, seminar analysis of various topics, and biographical profiles of selected colonists. It also includes a search engine and images.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a site covering every aspect of the first Thanksgiving ever celebrated. There is a picture timeline, an interactive trip on the Mayflower, and wonderful descriptions of what the lives of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Pilgrim Elder William Brewster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief biography of William Brewster, one of the original Pilgrims to come over on the Mayflower.
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Other

Who Were the Pilgrims?

For Students 9th - 10th
A good general overview of who pilgrims were and how they came to America. Includes the journey over on the Mayflower and the Native Americans who helped them.
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Other

Plimouth Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
Plimoth Plantation brings us "Living, breathing history," and lots of fun delving into various aspects like the Wampanoag, the English Colonists, the colony itself, and, of course, Thanksgiving - myth and reality. This is a site with...
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Ancestry

Squanto

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the little known story of the friendship of Squanto, the Indian famous for his kindness to the Pilgrims upon their arrival in the New World, and Ferdinando Gorges, the explorer.