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Interactive
Curated OER

Fact and Opinion 3: Pretest

For Students 5th - 10th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions where they identify fact and opinion sentences and answer fact and opinion questions about a passage they read. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Interactive
Curated OER

General Knowledge of American History #67

For Students 6th
In this general knowledge of American history #67 worksheet, 6th graders interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions with immediate online feedback.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Distances

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice estimating distances by analyzing a map. In this length measurement instructional activity, students view a map with a distance key and use their measurement skills to estimate the distance between two cities. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sixth Grade Social Studies Quiz

For Students 6th
In this social studies worksheet, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about economics, climate, maps, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thanksgiving Friends

For Teachers K
Students listen to teacher read alouds of books that include facts about Thanksgiving. They discuss what they are thankful for and share this discussion with another class through e-mail.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colony of Massachusetts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recall the reasons why the Pilgrims came to the New World. They ideology and compare and contrast the ideology of the Puritans and Roger iams. They study the colony of New York.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Presentation of Pilgrims

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners are given a category to research (clothes, life before the New World, the voyage, etc.) about Pilgrim life. s Students, in groups, create presentations using software program such as PowerPoint.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Group Newspaper-American System of Government

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, design, research, and create a newspaper that explains four historical events that have influenced the American system of government.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visit The Orchard

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the technology that is used to harvest apples as a crop. They look at examples of past and present machines. The information is used as inspiration for creating their own device to pick and harvest apples for mass...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

East to West: Africa's Influence on Mexico

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Your historians and social anthropologists study the relationship between peoples of ancient Africa and ancient Mesoamerica. They relate in written or verbal form the African presence in the ancient Americas. They create their own...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer Lab Lesson Plan - Science

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine rocks and minerals. Using the internet, students research rocks and how they are formed. They use word processing software to list minerals and materials that form specific rocks.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Thanksgiving Word Scramble

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this word scramble activity, students unscramble a set of 15 Thanksgiving related words. Answers are included on page 2; a reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Handout
Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: Mayflower Passenger List (1620)

For Students 4th - 8th
Provides the full list of passengers who traveled on the voyage of the Mayflower in 1621. Includes a link to an original handwritten list. Each name is also linked to a short biographical profile.
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Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Mayflower Compact 1620

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the actual words of these earliest Americans and their attempt at self-government with the writing of the Mayflower Compact. Link directly to other colonial charter pages.
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Primary
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Law Center: Mayflower Compact

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the full text of the Mayflower Compact, the first written framework of government in what is now the United States.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Mayflower

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Mayflower, a nonfiction for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Mayflower

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Mayflower, a book of stories for children.
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Website
Other

Plimoth Plantation: Mayflower Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives a detailed history of both the first Mayflower and the current Mayflower II that sits in the harbor of Plimoth Plantation.
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Handout
Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: History of the Mayflower

For Students 4th - 8th
Outlines the history of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the America, the Mayflower.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: American Government the Mayflower Compact

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Mayflower Compact, why it was written, and how it paved the way for democracy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: Inside the Mayflower

For Students 4th - 8th
Presents maps showing the layout of the Mayflower and explains the vocabulary used and what happened in each area of the ship.
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Handout
Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: Girls on the Mayflower

For Students 4th - 8th
Discusses the girls who came over on the Mayflower and what happened to them. Despite expectations, the girls had a much better survival rate than the men, women, or boys, but many of them lost parents and guardians. The last paragraph...
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Handout
Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: Voyage of the Mayflower

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes the difficulty the Mayflower had in setting off for America, due to the second ship that was to accompany it, Speedwell. This ship repeatedly sprang leaks so they decided to leave it in England. The Mayflower hit rough weather...
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Handout
Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: Mayflower's Crew

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what is known about the crew members who sailed on the Mayflower's voyage to America.

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