Read page 51 in the History Alive! textbook and Newsela Article: "They Sailed on the Mayflower and Struggled to Build a Home"
Class Discussion: What do you know about the First Thanksgiving?
Video Clip: "America Before the Pilgrims" (5:07)
Image set A: Plymouth
When/where (include geographic details) was the Plymouth colony established?
Reasons colonists came
Form of government
Relations between Native Americans and Colonists
Challenges
William Bradford Account - see highlighted Portions
Clip from We Shall Remain: "The Pilgrims" (7 min.)
Read and take notes on William Bradford's Account
Video: Who Were Samoset, Massasoit, and Squanto? (5:26)
Newsela Article: "The Explorers: Squanto" - take notes
Analyze Samoset images and discuss as a class, then add details to your notes
Samoset Biography
See SQ#3 below
Image Set 1B: Samoset at Plymouth
Samoset Biography
Examine and take notes on sources for SQ#2
Image: "The First Thanksgiving"
CommonLit Source: "The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story"
Bradford Sources: Treaty and Smallpox Outbreak
Source 2A: The First Thanksgiving
Source 2B: Edward Winslow's account of the first Thanksgiving
2C: "The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story"
Source 2D: William Bradford, treaty with Massasoit, Of Plymouth Plantation (excerpt), 1651
Source 2E: William Bradford, description of an outbreak of smallpox among the Wampanoag, Of Plymouth Plantation (excerpt), 1634
Examine and take notes on sources for SQ#3
King Philip's War: Document A, Easton Account - Read and annotate text and answer the questions (complete as a class)
Source 3A: United States Census Bureau, chart depicting the population of the New England colonies, 1620–1750, 2015
TEST: Physical Features
Finish Document A Questions
Document B (small groups)
Read and answer Document C Questions Independently
Add details to the timeline on the back of your packet from arrival and first contact, cooperation, and conflict
Work Days:
Due: 9/23 by 8 AM (digital). ***Hand illustrated versions of Option 2 may be submitted at the start of class.***
Inquiry Question: How did the Colonists and Native Americans in either Jamestown or Plymouth go from contact to cooperation to conflict?
Construct an argument in essay, storybook (slides or hand-drawn), or interview form that discusses the deteriorating relationship between these two groups.
Use specific claims and relevant evidence from historical sources while acknowledging competing views.