| Mayflower |
Housing |
- The mayflower is a long ship.
- The Pilgrims were on the ship for 65 days.
- There wer 102 Pilgrims going to America.
- america was NOT yet the USA.
- There was a big storm and some people died.
- they arrived in America in the winter time, and many people died.
- They wanted to get to VA., But the weather prevented them from getting there
- The ship was no meant for people, it was meant fo cargo.
- The Mayflower was not a very large ship.
- The ship was 100 feet long.
- It was VERY crowede inside the ship.
- The people got seasick.
- They used a pot as a toilet-didn't have privacy.
- Many people were thrown against the walls of the ship and got injured.
- Many people died over the firest winter
- The Great Cabin wasn't so large and great,
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- Their houses were 800 square feet.
- They had chimneys.
- The roofs were made of straw.
- The houses were small like an apartment.
- Inside the house there was a fireplace.
- The house were made of wood.
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| Clothes |
Food |
- they had to tie their "breeches" up.
- "Breeches" are pants.
- Boys and girls both wore dresses before they were six and seven.
- The girls wore several layers of clothes
- They didn't have sewing machines.
- boys and girls had to wear a lot of clothes.
- The girls wore aprons.
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- They hunted ducks.
- They did not use forks.
- They used cloths to wipe their fingers.
- They ate mussels.
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| Chores |
School |
- Sometimes the Pilgrims couldn't wash their clothes because it was difficult getting water.
- They put animal droppings on the farming area to help the soil produce more plants.
- In the Pilgrim times they had no ovens.
- They had to get water all by themselves.
- They had to get wood for themselves.
- They had to drink fresh water.
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- Their schools were different from ours.
- They studied at home.
- They read Bible verses.
- They played blind man's bluff.
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| Games |
First Thanksgiving |
- They used a marble to go through an arch.
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- They ate their food with their hands and clamshells.
- They had duck for the feast.
- They also ate corn and greens.
- Squanto helped them learn how to grow corn.
- They also ate mussels.
- The Wampanoags and the Pilgrims played different types of games.
- The Pilgrims used a musket to shoot the ducks that they ate.
- They danced.
- They played a game called Blind Man's Bluff.
- They practiced shooting.
- They sang and danced together.
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Resources:
The First Thanksgiving. October 18, 2011. www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving.
O'Brien, Patrick. The Great Ships. New York: Walker & Company, 2001.
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