VISITING THE MAYFLOWER
Begin this journey in the Tekkids Lab
CLICK HERE to Begin
Read the Introduction. Click on all the chapters (01-07) to learn about the Pilgrim's journey on the Mayflower. There is an audio button at each stop, where you can hear the text read aloud. Take notes, please!
Heading for the New World Webquest!
STEP 1 - Brainstorm
First, brainstorm all of the things you know about early American settlers and New England.
•What do you know about Pilgrims?
•What do you know about Native Americans?
•What do you know about the Mayflower?
•What do you know about Thanksgiving?
•How would you explain your family's celebration of Thanksgiving to someone from another planet?
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Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 1 by: DUE: November 23, 2010
STEP 2 - The Journey
Sailing on wooden ships, like the Mayflower, all the way across the Atlantic ocean, took many months. In modern time, taking a non-stop flight from Los Angeles, California to London, England takes about 15 hours. The journey in the Mayflower from Southampton to Plymouth took 165 days.
•Approximately how many weeks in 165 days?
•How many Months?
•How many hours?
•How many meals would the passengers consume assuming they eat three meals a day?
•How many more hours did the Pilgrims spend sailing than it takes for a modern traveler to fly from Los Angeles, California to London, England?
•How did the travelers navigate across the ocean with out the aid of modern technology? What prevented them from getting lost?
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 2 by: November 30, 2010
STEP 3 - The Travelers
In order to keep all of the passengers alive while on the long journey, many provisions had to be stored on board the ship. The Pilgrims also had to think about what things they would need in the New World to survive.
Write a list of all of the provisions you think the 102 Pilgrims needed to take with them on the long voyage across the ocean. Remember, they had to eat and survive in what could possibly be an unfriendly environment.
Explore websites to find your answers. Be sure to keep a list (copy and paste URL) in your document.
PLEASE email assignment STEP 3 by: December 6, 2010
STEP 4 - Plymouth Map
Look at Plymouth on this historic map of the original colonies just before the Revolutionary War in 1776. This map was created 156 years after the Plymouth Plantation was established but the map has a very good detail of the bay and the cape. Click here
◦ Why do you think the Pilgrims chose to settle in Plymouth?
◦ What geographical features make Plymouth a good location for the settlement?
◦ Explain what a bay is.
◦ What type of climate does Massachusetts have throughout the year? Click on (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/data/usclimate/state.pl?lane=fast&state=MA)
PLEASE email assignment STEP 4 by: December 13, 2010
