Traveling on the Mayflower

What was life like for the Pilgrims traveling on the Mayflower? Elementary historians explore the Pilgrims' experience on the Mayflower before creating a map of the journey a drawing of the ship.

In this Mayflower worksheet, young scholars color a large picture of the Mayflower. Students then do research and find out what supplies the Pilgrims brought with them, and write these on the sails.

By the end of this interdisciplinary lesson plan, youngsters will be able to describe the Gulf Stream ocean current and how it impacted the journey of the Mayflower ship. Reading, research, and the use of a really neat interactive...

Second graders listen to short story, Perilous Voyage on a Sweet Ship: Life Aboard the Mayflower, and examine lives of Pilgrims on the Mayflower by pretending they are pilgrim boys or girls on the Mayflower and writing about their 66...

The Pilgrims may have arrived in North America by way of the Mayflower, but chances are, your class members' ancestors came to the United States in another way. Guide them through an exploration of their own heritage, countries of...

Students study the Mayflower, Pilgrims and the origin of Thanksgiving, and create a quilt square depicting what students are most thankful for.

Students discuss what they are thankful for this year. They create their own quilt square to illustrate what they are most thankful for. They use the quilt after it is sewn together by their teacher.

Teach little learners about the first Thanksgiving.  In this Thanksgiving lesson, students discover what it was like to live during that time period.  Students compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving to their own.

Learners examine the cardinal directions by identifying them in the classroom. They transfer those skills to map work by identifying different places using the directions. They practice the directions at a web based activity.