Mayflower |
Housing |
- The rigging is where they steer the sail.
- There was over a hundred people on board and there was no privacy.
- Half of the people died on the journey across the ocean
- Officers on board was served their meals before everyone else.
- there were 55 ropes to pull on the Mayflower.
- There was a storm that sent the Mayflower off course. They had to go to Plymouth to get supplies.
- They mad a replica of the Mayflower.
- If they weren't seasick they were bored.
- The Mayflower was controlled by the wind.
- They ate cheese and meat that would last for their journey.
- The captain couln't see where he was going, so someone shouted down the directions.
- The Mayflower was not a really big boat for that many people.
- They used chamber pots.
- The journey was rough and people got shook back and forth.
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- Their roofs were made of straw.
- The frame holds the house together.
- They had a fence called a palisade.
- Their homes were made of wood and straw
- They made their houses the way they looked in England.
- They had a fireplace.
- The houses have a frame.
- They had really small houses.
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Clothes |
Food |
- The boys and girls wore dresses before they were 6 or 7 years old.
- They wore pockets on their dresses.
- They used strings to hold their pants up.
- The boys and girls wear a lot of clothing.
- Their jackets were short.
- No belts in the 17th century.
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- The pilgrims ate with their hands.
- They used only knives and spoons.
- They ate mussels with bread.
- They hunted ducks.
- They ate hasty pudding.
- They used a napkin towel to wipe their hands.
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Chores |
School |
- They had to fetch their own water.
- Girls had to pick up straw and animal droppings to use in their garden.
- The Pilgrims did not shower or bathe as often.
- They drank fresh water.
- They used wood to keep their house warm.
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- They didn't have any schools.
- They were home schooled by their parents.
- They studied Bible verses.
- Their parents taught them to read and write.
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Games |
The First Thanksgiving |
- They played a marble game.
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- They had to get duck to eat by shooting it.
- There was no turkey involved in the first Thanksgiving.
- Pilgrim and Wampanoag kids played a game where they had to shoot a ring onto a pin.
- The Wampanoag had to make their own shelter for the First Thanksgiving.
- One of the games they played was shooting at a target.
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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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