For November we learned a lot about different Native American tribes and the First Thanksgiving. Students heard many books that told the history of the Pilgrims coming to the New World and the hard ships they faced here. They also learned that many of them died during that first year and how the Native Americans and Pilgrims were both afraid of each other at first and kept their distance from each other. Then students learned how Samoset approached the Pilgrims and then brought Squanto to them who decided to live with them and helped them. Students learned more about Squanto's life through a biography we had on him as well as Scholastic News. Squanto was kidnapped from his tribe and when he was able to get back, found his tribe had all be wiped out by a disease brought by explorers.
We also watched some videos that Scholastic has that shows a replica of the Mayflower and what life was like on the Mayflower as they traveled. We also saw what life was like at Plymouth through Plymouth Plantation, a site that re-enacts the pilgrim and Wampanoag life. We also talked a lot about how things have changed from then to now. We learned about the changes to clothing, transportation, housing, games, and communication through the years.
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