Plimot Rocks!
Student’s Name
Today’s Date
Class Period
Overview
• The focus of this lesson is to allow you the
opportunity to explore the Pilgrims' and
Wampanoags' experiences, actions, and decisions
as they relate to the settlement of Plimoth
colony.
• Throughout the activity, you will develop an
understanding of historical events from different
perspectives while practicing research skills,
reading comprehension, and various forms of
writing.
Retrieved November 14, 2014 at
http://www.scholastic.com/thanksgiving-lessons-grade
Your Personal Learning Goal
• Describe what you hope to take away from this learning
experience.
– I will understand ….
• Agenda: My group uses computers on __________
• This assignment is due
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Dec 12th 2014
Therefore I must …..
• Evidence of Student Learning: Graded work in binder
– What percentage do you plan to score the assessment (test)
when you complete this assignment?
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• How many points did you earn on each part ___ __ __ __
• Total percentage earned _____ /80 = ___%
Essential Questions
• What do you already know about the Plimoth
rock, the pilgrims, and or the Mayflower?
• What do you want to learn more about
plimoth rock, the pilgrims, and the
Mayflower?
• How might this information be useful to you in
your academic career: to high school and
beyond?
Grading Rubric
Due Dec 12th
• Turn in your work before December 12th
• Must be all together as a report with a cover and back
page.
• How you will be graded Total points possible = 100
• / =100%
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Mayflower = 10 questions
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20pts possible
Pilgrim Village = 10 questions =
20pts possible
Wampanoag Homesite = 5 questions = 20pts possible
Plimoth Plantation =
= 20pts possible
Participation during center
=10pts
Teacher observation of level of interest =10pts
The Journey Begins
• Click on the link and open each document
• Complete these as you read and work
• KWL Graphic Organizer (PDF)
• Timeline (PDF)
• Click on the link
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanks
giving/voyage/journey.htm
• Select The Journey, view, listen, and respond
to the following questions
Questions
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What date did the Mayflower leave?
Where did the ship sail from?
What was the destination?
Where did the large iron screw originate?
Where did the ship get blown off course to?
Why did they change their plans?
Where did they land?
How many days were they at sea?
When will they be in Plimoth?
What did you find most interesting about this journey
and why?
Mayflower
• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanks
giving/webcast.htm
• Click on the video captioned Mayflower: Step
aboard and explore a reproduction of the
Mayflower, anchored at Plimoth Plantation
• View and be prepared to respond to questions
based on this 20-minute video
– Turn in your answer sheet before leaving the
room
Mayflower
• Choose 10 questions to respond to in complete sentences
1. In what state is city of Plimoth?
2. What type of ship was the Mayflower?
3. 3 things we know about the ship?
4. What was the term for the man who ran the ship in the 17th century?
5. Round house is more like an ___
6. Where does the term “poop deck” originate? What does it mean?
7. Name of first boat to come into Plimoth?
8. Did the pilgrims really land on Plimoth Rock?
9. Where is the ship steered from?
10. How is a ship steered?
11. Who was master of the Mayflower?
12. Why did he have 2 beds?
13. What did they use to start fires on board the ship?
14. What did they eat and drink while on the Mayflower?
15. How did they keep warm?
16. Why did the pilgrims come to the new world?
17. Name and describe the guns on the Mayflower?
Pilgrim Village
• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanks
giving/webcast.htm
• Click on the video captioned Pilgrim Village:
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the simple
but arduous life of the Pilgrims in this 18minute video
– Turn in your answer sheet before leaving the
room
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Choose 10 questions to respond to in complete sentences
What was their diet like?
What did they use for bathrooms?
What century is recreated in the video?
What is a block house?
What is a bandolier?
What is the mount?
What ages and gender were required to serve?
What kind of tools did they use to build the houses and did they bring them with them?
Why did they not bring the complete tools with them?
What was the roof made of?
What were the walls inside made of?
What seasons did they grow?
How did they clean their teeth?
What is dill useful for? Medicine
What is a trencher?
What did the pilgrims eat with?
Why were pots raised or lowered?
Wampanoag Homesite
• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanks
giving/webcast.htm
• Click on the video captioned Wampanoag
Homesite: Witness the day-to-day life of the
indigenous people who were part of the
Wampanoag Nation in this 17-minute video
– Turn in your answer sheet
Wapanoag
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Choose 5 questions to answer in complete sentences
This term means? Eastern people, people of the dawn people of first light
What are their boats called?
Describe the traditional houses?
What were the beads traded as?
What are the bags used for?
Men are life ____, women are life ____.
What is included in their gardens?
What do they use as a fertilizer for the corn?
What did they use as a scarecrow?
How many people may be in a village?
In the winter they eat mostly?
What is their traditional cooking vessel?
Wapanoags were what by trade?
Why did they burn the vessel?
Plimoth Plantation
• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanks
giving/webcast.htmClick on the video
captioned Plimoth Plantation: Join the
Pilgrims and Wampanoag as they discuss the
first Thanksgiving
• View and be prepared to respond to questions
based on this 30-minute video
– Turn in your answer sheet before leaving the
room
Read the Pilgrim Interviews
• http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanks
giving/webcast.htm
• Type “passenger interviews” into the search
bar on the Website
• Be sure to get a copy of the golden rod
handout titled Passenger Interviews.
• Select the best answer based on the
interviews
Reflecting on Plimoth
Mt Dora Middle School
Mt Dora , Fl 32757
Dear Mr. Larry,
Write a persuasive letter asking your Principal to allow
your class to visit Plimoth Rock. Share with him what you have learned
about the travels of those who came to America on the
Mayflower by including 3 examples of specific things you learned to
support your claim that this would be a beneficial trip.
Close your letter with
Sincerely,
Your full name
Dr. M’s 8th grade student