Lesson Theme of the Week: The Mayflower and Colonial Times

The Mayflower

General Information
A cut-away plan and description of The Mayflower ship, its decks, superstructure and compartments.
http://www.mayflowersteps.co.uk/mayflower/mayflower.html
MayflowerHistory.com
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
Mayflower Passenger List
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/mayflower/mayflower_passenger_list.htm
Sail1620 - Discover History: The Good Ship Mayflower
http://www.sail1620.org/
The Mayflower Compact
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101029.html
The Ship - Mayflower
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/mayflowerbig.htm

Lesson Plans
Aboard the Mayflower
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/american-colonies/lesson-plan/787.html
Learning to Give - Lesson Plan - Mayflower Compact Started It
http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit39/lesson2.html
Mayflower
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0043.html
Mayflower Math: Voyage into history and math with our shipshape
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-80747667.html
Mayflower Voyage
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtThanksgivingPilgrimHardshipsAndThankfulForQuilt1.htm
No Extra Room on the Mayflower
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lesson=EM675&page=teacher
Sad Seasick Sailors
http://www.learningtogive.com/lessons/unit84/lesson3.html
Thanksgiving : The Mayflower:: Lesson Plan
http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/441.shtml
Traveling on the Mayflower
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2855


Crafts
Mayflower Hats
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/mayflower-toppers-661840/
Mayflower Ship Craft
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/watertrans/l/blmayflowcr.htm
Mayflower Thanksgiving Centerpiece
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/mayflower-centerpiece-664344/
The Pilgrims' Voyage: Map and The Mayflower
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/map/


Cooking
Mayflower Cupcakes Recipe
http://www.recipezaar.com/Mayflower-Cupcakes-146294
Mayflower Sandwiches Recipe
http://find.myrecipes.com/food/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=521025


Online Activities
Mayflower Drag & Drop Puzzle
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/thanksgiving/games/dragdrop/index.htm
Mayflower II Photo Puzzle
http://gonewengland.about.com/library/puzzles/nmayflowerpuzzle.htm
Quia - Mayflower Compact Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/105992.html
Quia - Mayflower: Vocabulary Game #2
http://www.quia.com/rr/109625.html
Thanksgiving Games - Find the Differences - The Mayflower
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/different/mayflower.html
The Mayflower, Its Occupants and Crew Quiz
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=154094
The Voyage of the Mayflower - US Colonial History Quiz
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=113278


Printouts
Mayflower Order to 50 and to 100 Math Worksheets
http://www.math-drills.com/thanksgiving.shtml
The Mayflower Poem Word Search
http://ex.susd.org/tjagodzinski/mayflower_compact.htm
The Mayflower - Thanksgiving color sheets for kids
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/thanksgiving/the-mayflower.html

Life in Colonial Times

General Information
Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Colonial Currency
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/
Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
ttp://colonialhall.com/index_t1.php
Early American Paintings
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/
English Colonial Era Timeline
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-col.htm
Food in the 13 American Colonies
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfood.htm
The Avalon Project : Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/statech.asp


Lesson Plans
Geography of the English Settlements
http://www.cstone.net/~bcp/3/3DGeo.htm
Life on Plymouth Plantation
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/plymouth/
The Thirteen Colonies
http://www.cstone.net/~bcp/3/3DHistory.htm
To Market To Market
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/market_to_market/
Virtual Jamestown in the Classroom
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/tscreators.html


Crafts
Colonial Soap Making. Its History and Techniques
http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html


Cooking
Preparing Snacks using Colonial Recipes
http://www.monroehistoricsociety.org/cookies.html


Multimedia
Colonial House
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/panoramas.html
Hargrett Rare Library Map Collection - Colonial America
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html


Virtual Fieldtrips
Virtual Jamestown
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/


Online Activities
Colonial America Scavenger Hunt
http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/es/5/michael/colonial.htm


Printouts
13 Colonies Map/Quiz Printout
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/13colonies/13colonies.shtml
A Pilgrim Home
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag68.html
Come to America
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/wtp/level5/unit3/org.html
Label 13 Colonies Printout
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/label/13/13.shtml
Pilgrim Food
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag69.html
Pilgrim Paperdoll
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag115.html


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