THANKSGIVING UNIT STUDY RESOURCES

Books and Videos

o Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493146/

Reproducible Worksheets and Handouts

o Family Bible Study: The First Thanksgiving (by Penny Raine) http://pennyraine.com/bookstore/2009/11/family-bible-study-the-first-thanksgiving/

o Thanksgiving Feast- (Math) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/pdfs/dailylp025.pdf

o Passenger/Crew deaths math worksheet- (Math) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/deaths.htm

o Pilgrim/Indian puppets- (Art/ Language Arts) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/puppets.htm

o Map Skills Activity- (Social Studies)

o Instructions: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/makeamap.htmo Blank map: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/makeamap.jpgo Answers: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/makeamapans.jpg

Maps:

o Maps of New England Tribal Lands & Communities- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/tribalareasin1620.htm

o Map of Mayflower Voyage (Pilgrims journey to America)- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g1_u4/index.html

Websites

o History.com- Thanksgiving- http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

o Oklahoma Homeschool Thanksgiving/Pilgrim Unit Study- http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/pilgrimCL.html

o The First Thanksgiving (Scholastic)- http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

o The Plymouth Colony Archive Project- http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/index2.html

o The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/index.htm

o Pilgrim Hall- http://www.pilgrimhall.org/

o Plimoth Plantation- http://www.plimoth.org/

o Mayflower History.com- http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/MayflowerCompact.php

Clips

History.com- http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

o History of Thanksgiving (5 min)

o The Mayflower (2.5)

o The Mayflower: Deconstructed (2.5)

Articles

o History of Thanksgiving: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/thanksgiving.php

o Meeting of the 2 Cultures: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/index.htm#part4

o Religious Beliefs of the Pilgrims: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/religion.php

o Historical Thanksgiving Recipes: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Thanksgiving/Recipes.php

References/Resources/Bibliography

Clipart:

o http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/17500/17540/mayflower_17540.htm