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LESSON 5: THE FIRST THANKSGIVING

BECOME A THANKSGIVING EXPERT OBJECTIVES: 1. DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAMPANOAG CULTURE OF THE EARLY 1600'S. 2. COMPARE AND CONTRAST LIFESTYLES OF THE PILGRIMS AND THE WAMPANOAGS.

STEP 1: GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE AND WRITE NOTES IN YOUR JOURNAL WITH THE INFORMATION YOU LEARN FROM THE WEBSITE. [|www.pilgrimhall.org/] 1. Click on The Pilgrim Story. Choose a topic of interest to you and write notes about what you learn in your journal. 2. Click on Thanksgiving, then click on Primary sources and description. Write a list of the people who were there. List their names and ages.

STEP 2: GO TO [] and choose as many of their topics as possible. There are many excellent pictures which you can use for your poster on this site.

STEP 3: GO TO [|www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html] Click on Your Investigation begins Here. Proceed through the program. What specific things did you learn? Write them in your journal.

STEP 4: GO TO [|www.bostonkids.org/educators/wampanoag] which is the site for the Boston Children's Museum and click on the left where it says "What You Need to Know. Then click on "Wampanoag Life Before 1620 and write about whay it tells you.GO

STEP 5: GO TO [] and look for the Plymouth colony Archive Project.