Who were the Pilgrims

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Who were the
Pilgrims?
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Who were the Pilgrims?

• A group of people who traveled to this country in
  1620.
• They wanted to have religious freedom.
• They named the settlement Plymouth.

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Where is Plymouth?
Massachusetts
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Coming to the New World

• September 6, 1620
• Ship called the Mayflower
• 102 Pilgrims
• Trip was cold and damp
• Took 66 days

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What did they bring?

• Food
• Clothes
• Furniture
• Seeds
• Garden tools
• Gunpowder
• Firearms

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Tour the Mayflower
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What did the houses look like?

• One main room
• Small upstairs space
• Fireplace
• Houses made with branches, bark, straw, and vines
• Village was surrounded by a barrier made of logs

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What type of clothes did they wear?
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What type of clothes did they wear?
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What type of clothes did they wear?

• Until age 8 boys and girls wore a gown.
• After age 8 boys began to dress like their
  fathers and girls began to dress like their
  mothers

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What did they eat?

• Bread made from wheat and rye grown from English
  seeds
• Native corn grown in the tradition of the Indians
  
• Hens and eggs
• Drank milk from the goats at the plantation
• Duck hunted and trapped in the forest
• Fish stew made from mussels caught in the ocean

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Chores for Kids

• All Children
• Gathering firewood
• Milked goats
• Picked berries and plants
• Cared for younger children
• Fetched water
• Helped plant the crops

• Pilgrim girls
• Helped cook and wash
• Made soap and candles
• Shooed away birds and animals in cornfields
• Made mattresses for sleeping
• Pilgrim boys
• Helped gather and bind the harvest crops
• Learned to trap and hunt animals
• Dug clams and gathered mussels

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Fun and Games

• Marbles
• Ball games
• Board games
• Running games

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School and Learning

• Children were taught to respect adults and have
  good manners.
• Kids served meals to their parents and spoke only
  when spoken to.
• In 1621, there was no school in so children
  learned to read and write from other adults, like
  parents or neighbors.
• They learned skills and trades from their
  parents.

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Why did the Pilgrims celebrate?

• Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of
  thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the
  colonists and the Native American Indians.
• They were at peace with their Indian neighbors.
• They had built homes in the wilderness.
• The fall harvest was very successful and
  plentiful.   
• There was plenty of food for the winter.

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How did the Pilgrims celebrate?

• Celebration was held in October 1621 in Plymouth,
  Massachusetts
• The Indian chief, Massasoit, and 90 Indians came
  to the celebration.
• The celebration lasted 3 days.
• The Pilgrims played games, ran races, marched and
  played drums.
• The Indians demonstrated their skills with the
  bow and arrow.
• The Indians entertained with some of their
  dances. 

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Food available at the Celebration

• Food they had
• Fish, Seafood
• Wild turkey, Duck, Swan
• Deer, Chicken
• Corn, Peas, Beans
• Berries, Grapes, Plums, Cherries
• Walnuts, Chestnuts
• Maple syrup, honey, cheese, eggs

• Food they did not have
• Ham  
• Sweet Potatoes, Yams
• Potatoes
• Popcorn
• Cranberry sauce
• Pumpkin Pie

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Learning History
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