A Colonial Tour from TeachersFirst: Plymouth

Many Americans consider the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth as the start of European settlement in North America. While the pilgrims weren't the first, their history and the reasons for their voyage would form the model for many streams of settlers and immigrants during the colonial period.

The area surrounding Plymouth, the rest of Cape Cod, and all of eastern Massachusetts are rich with colonial history. If you're touring these sites in person, the distances are relatively short, so you can see a number of places in a few days. If you're taking this tour on the web, just click on the links below.


 

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Plimoth Plantation - Plimoth Plantation

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Plimoth Plantation (that's the original spelling) is a reconstruction of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth. Take a field trip to the Plimoth Plantation just in time for Thanksgiving....more
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Plimoth Plantation (that's the original spelling) is a reconstruction of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth. Take a field trip to the Plimoth Plantation just in time for Thanksgiving. From Learn at the top menu, find and slide down to Bring Plimoth Patuxet to Your School and take a virtual field trip to an English village and Wampanoag home site from 1627. Go inside a Wetu, or home, and look. Become a historian and uncover what really happened on the first Thanksgiving. Primary sources give accounts from the Wampanoag traditions to the English home of Pilgrim Mary Allerton. Each student will finish with a printed exhibition panel. Dig into your ancestry to find out if you are a pilgrim. Find actual genealogical profiles. Explore the museum collections of artifacts. Find these resources under the Learn tab at the top menu; slide down to Teachers Tools, and scroll down the page until your find the resources menu on the left. Besure to check out the Digital Resources!
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Change the commercial traditions of tradition and bring on a study of history. Fascinating worlds of primary resources are at your computer! Virtual field trips, historical sleuthing, genealogy, and so much more. Challenge your students to take a closer look and decide for themselves. Debate information lines the pages of this website. Have students keep a virtual journal about what they are learning (that is new to them) from Plimoth Plantation. Use an easy virtual journaling tool such as Penzu, reviewed here. With Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. Study history not false information. Share this and other sections of the TeachersFirst Colonial America tour as part of your study of the colonies so students can see what these historic locations look like today.
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How the Pilgrims Lived - Amy Ridenhour

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How the Pilgrims Lived, a journal written by Governor Edward Winslow in 1621. ...more
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How the Pilgrims Lived, a journal written by Governor Edward Winslow in 1621.

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Mayflower Compact - Amy Ridenhour

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The Mayflower Compact was the agreement that the Pilgrims wrote by which they agreed to govern themselves. ...more
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The Mayflower Compact was the agreement that the Pilgrims wrote by which they agreed to govern themselves.

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Cape Cod National Seashore - NPS.gov

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Cape Cod National Seashore offers a number of attractions both historical and scenic. Their home page will take you on a cyber-visit to many of these attractions. ...more
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Cape Cod National Seashore offers a number of attractions both historical and scenic. Their home page will take you on a cyber-visit to many of these attractions.

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Plimoth Patuxet Museums Digital Resources - Plimoth.org

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There are actually three resources on this site for video tours! The first link will take you to The American Experience by PBS and has many videos to explore. The ...more
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There are actually three resources on this site for video tours! The first link will take you to The American Experience by PBS and has many videos to explore. The first video on this museum site is The Wampanoag Way. Witness the life of the indigenous people who were part of the Wampanoag Nation in the first 7-minute video for all grades. The second video is about Plimoth Plantation. View the simple life of the Pilgrims in this 30-minute video for all grades. There are several other resources on this page such as the history of Thanksgiving, an interactive about Thanksgiving, and a link to a podcast. The videos reside on YouTube. If your school blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view them.

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The History of the Pilgrims - Cape Cod National Seashore

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The History of the Pilgrims is part of the information available at the Cape Cod National Seashore Park. This page presents a detailed explanation of Pilgrim beliefs and how this ...more
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The History of the Pilgrims is part of the information available at the Cape Cod National Seashore Park. This page presents a detailed explanation of Pilgrim beliefs and how this group of religious dissidents ended up founding a settlement in the New World.

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