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Thanksgiving
  • Help!!!! Someone stole all the library books on thanksgiving. We need your help to replace the information.
  • As secret spies your quest is to travel back to the year 1621. Find out as much information as you can about thanksgiving and its history.
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Mission 1:
Cross the Atlantic on the Mayflower
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"How many passengers and crew..."
  • How many passengers and crew boarded the Mayflower? And for how long?


  • Use the following links to find the answers to this question:
  • http://www.pilgrimhall.org/voymayfl.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_mayflower.htm



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"How long"
  • How long, in feet, did the Mayflower measure?


  • Use the following links to find the answers to this question
  • http://www.pilgrimhall.org/voymayfl.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_mayflower.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/mayflower/tour/navig.htm
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"Was life on the Mayflower..."

  • Was life on the Mayflower easy? Why or why not?


  • Use the following link to find the answers to this question
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_mayflower.htm
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What types of problems did the Mayflower and its passengers experience?

Use the following link to find the answers to this question:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_mayflower.htm
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"How did the Mayflower get..."
  • How did the Mayflower get its name?


  • Use the following link to find the answers to this question
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_mayflower.htm
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If you were a passenger on the Mayflower what would you enjoy and what would be difficult ?
  • Use the following link to find the answers to this question
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_mayflower.htm
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Mission 2:
Disguise yourself as a Pilgrim
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"Make friends with 3 people..."
  • Make friends with 3 people from this link and write about them in your diary.
  • Use the following link to answer the question:
  • http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/passengers.php







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How did the Pilgrims make a living?
      • Use the following link to answer the question:
      • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_children.htm
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Describe the clothing worn by women, men and children.
      • Use the following links to answer the question:
      • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_children.htm
  • http://members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html
      • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
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What kind of rules and chores did the children have?
      • Use the following links to answer the question:
      • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/ask_kate_children.htm
      • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
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What was the role of the husband in the family? Wife? Children?
      • Use the following link to answer the question:
      • http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/family.php

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What did they eat and where did they live?
      • Use the following link to answer the question:
      • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
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Mission 3:
Disguise yourself as a
Wampanaog Indian
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Describe the clothing worn by the Indians.
  • Use the following link to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
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What kind of rules and chores did the children have?
  • Use the following links to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#children
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What was the role of the husband in the family? Wife? Children?
  • Use the following link to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#children
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What did they eat and where did they live?
  • Use the following link to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
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How did the children learn?
  • Use the following links to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#children
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What types of things were used by the Indians in their daily lives?
  • Use the following links to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#needs
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#tools
  • http://www.bostonkids.org/teachers/TC/html/collect.htm
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What religion did the Indians practice? What did the Indians celebrate?
  • Use the following link to answer the question:
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#beliefs
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Mission 4:
Compare and Contrast
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"Using all your information from..."
  • Using all your information from missions 2 and 3…
  • compare and contrast the lives of the Pilgrims and the Indians.
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Mission 5:
Be a dinner guest at the first Thanksgiving
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"How many Pilgrims attended the..."
  • How many Pilgrims attended the feast? How many Indians?


  • Use the following links to answer the question:
  • http://www.pilgrimhall.org/f_thanks.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#feast
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What foods were served?
  • Use the following links to answer the question:
  • http://www.pilgrimhall.org/f_thanks.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#feast


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What activities did they participate in?
  • Use the following links to answer the question:
  • http://www.pilgrimhall.org/f_thanks.htm
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/tscripft.htm#feast


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Mission 6:
Compare and Contrast
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"How does the first Thanksgiving..."
  • How does the first Thanksgiving differ from how we celebrate it today? How is it similar?


  • Use the following link to answer the question:
  • http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm
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Mission Complete
  • Please report back to headquarters with all your information in one of the following assignments: (work alone or in a group)
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