Culturally Responsive Resources for Teaching About Thanksgiving
Resources From Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Plimoth Patuxet's Homework Help page is complete with multiple essays for students. Backed by primary sources/oral traditions, the essays cover everything from clothing, growing food, building houses for both settlers and the Wampanoag people, the Mayflower Compact, etc. Can be great for single or group student use.
A virtual tour of the Museum's newest exhibition, a forward-looking invitation to consider who the past serves as a foundation for the future.
Visit the Wampanoag homesite, meet tribal members and learn about Wampanoag culture.
Meet modern day Wampanoag children who are interpreters at the Wampanoag Homesite in Massachusetts.
Learn what it was like to be a kid in Plimoth Village.
From The Mayflower 400 - An Inclusive Commemoration
Learn about 400 years of Wampanoaq history and the impacts of colonization.
Why Wampanoag truths and traditions are so important to the Mayflower story.
Great introductory video on how the peace created prior to the "Thanksgiving Feast' was broken down.
Learn about what life was like in Plimoth Colony, and how things changed in the coming decade.
The building and sailing of the Mayflower II.
Learn about the significance of Wampum from the Mayflower 400 Project
Cultural Connections - What connections can be made to our lives on the Kenai?
What is Cranberry Day? A look at one of the traditional Wampanoaq harvest celebrations.
A look at language revitalization efforts. Can be a good connection to local efforts in revitalizing the Dena'ina language.
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