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Listed below are some Internet web sites that you may find useful in your effort to learn more about the Mayflower and its passengers.
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1   Link   The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony 1620
An outstanding history of the Plymouth Colony for students by former Education Committee chairman of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Duane A. Cline. Clickable subchapters contain more details about each chapter. Should also be read by every adult.
2   Link   Plimoth Plantation
The site of the Plimoth Plantation living history museum in Plymouth, MA, where every day is a day in the year 1627. Includes photos of what a Pilgrim’s home, dress, and daily life really was like. Also activities, programs, internship programs, bookstore with primary reprints and gift shop, etc. as well as pages specifically for kids and teachers.
3   Link   Plimoth Plantation Online Learning Center
As you work through this guide, you and your students will use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding “The First Thanksgiving” and discover what might really have happened during the fall of 1621. Along the way, you and your students will explore the differences between history and the past, and challenge your own ideas about history. Be prepared; what you discover may surprise you!
4   Link   Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History
If you are a Mayflower descendant, you’ll learn a lot about her or him as well as the Mayflower, its crew and the later ships. Great material for reports such as a history of Squanto, Girls on the Mayflower, the first Thanksgiving, info about the Mayflower, great quotes for research papers of Pilgrims, etc.
5   Link   The Mayflower Dogs
Two dogs are believed to have arrived on the Mayflower. One an English Springer Spaniel, the other an Old English Mastiff. Visit this site to learn more about these Pilgrim Pets.
6   Link   Scholastic's The First Thanksgiving
Scholastic Magazine’s site that has much, much more than just Thanksgiving. There is even a teacher’s guide. Also fun for parents.
7   Link   Pilgrim Hall's Learning!
Curriculum guides from Pilgrim Hall will help you teach about life in 17th Century Plymouth.

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