Lesson Plan

Huntington Library: Settlement of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies

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In this lesson plan, 5th graders learn about the people who founded the New England colonies and the role that religion played in shaping them. Includes background information for the teacher. Students explore primary resource readings on the Separatist, or Pilgrim, settlement at Plymouth and the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay and respond to them through discussion and assignments. Student resources are included in the lesson plan.

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