Listed below are some Internet web sites that you may find useful in your
effort to learn more about the Mayflower and its passengers.
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window. External sites are not endorsed
by the SMDPA.
Teaching Links
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.
Plimoth-on Web
— 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 Pilgrims 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.
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!
Caleb Johnson's
Mayflower History — If you are a Mayflower descendant, youll
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.
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.
Scholastic's
The First Thanksgiving — Scholastic Magazines site that has
much, much more than just Thanksgiving. There is even a teachers
guide. Also fun for parents.
PilgrimQuest
II — PilgrimQuest & PilgrimQuest II: Computer software co-developed
with the National Geographic Society. PilgrimQuest is applicable to grades
5, 8, and 11. PilgrimQuest II is suitable for "ages 9 to 90+."
Pilgrim
Hall's Learning! — Curriculum guides from Pilgrim
Hall will help you teach about life in 17th Century Plymouth.
USGen
Web Kidz Site — The US part of the above WorldGenWeb. Suited to teenagers
working on genealogy. Has a good list of links (e.g. printable forms,
list of diseases & illnesses, occupations, & books).
WorldGenWeb
For Kids — A genealogy site especially for kids 18 and under. Also
addresses home-schoolers. Basics are taught such as posting a query on
a Web site Provides links to various RootsWeb world sites such as Africa,
Asia, British Isles, Canada, Caribbean, Central Europe, Central America,
East Europe, the Mediterranean, Mexico, the Mid East, the Pacific, South
America, and the US.