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For Middle and High School

Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colony - Paul Erickson

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War - Nathaniel Philbrick

      
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    For Elementary

    1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving - Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret Bruchac

    Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition - Russell M. Peters
    A twelve year old Wampanoag boy in Massachusetts learns from his grandfather how to prepare a clambake in the tradition of his people.

    Thunder from the Clear Sky - Marcia Sewell 
    Story of the meeting between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, presented alternately from each perspective.

    Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times - Kate Waters 

    Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage 
    Contains a photographed reenactment of the voyage and landing of the Mayflower with text covering the perspectives of both the Native Americans and the English.

    Plimoth Plantation: A Story of Two Cultures 
    A short booklet created by Plimoth Plantation to educate readers about the history of the Plantation and to illustrate the practices within the historic site. Shows the relationship between the English colonists and the Wampanoags.

    Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl - Kate Waters 
    Text and photographs of Plimouth Plantation follow a Pilgrim girl through a typical day as she milks the goats, cooks and serves meals, learns her letters, and adjusts to her new stepfather.

    Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy - Kate Waters 
    Text and photographs follow a six-year-old Pilgrim boy through a busy day during the spring harvest in 1627.

    Pilgrim Voices: Our First Year in the New World - Connie Roop and Peter Roop
    Excerpts from Pilgrims' journals, with colorful illustrations.

    The House on Stink Alley: A Story about the Pilgrims in Holland - F. N. Monjo
    Young Love Brewster describes the experiences of his family and other Pilgrims living in Leyden in the years before the Mayflower sailed for the New World.

    Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving - Joseph Bruchac
    Squanto recounts how in 1614 he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonists.

        
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      Primary Sources

      • Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - edited from the original printing of 1622, with introduction and notes by Dwight B. Heath
        Originally published in 1622, this is the earliest account of Plymouth Plantation.
      • The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England
        William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, Benjamin Church, and others ; edited with an introduction and notes by Nathaniel Philbrick and Thomas Philbrick.
      • Of Plymouth Plantation - William Bradford
        Bradford's history of the Plymouth Settlement, 1608-1650.
      • Good Newes from New-England: A True Relation of Things Very Remarkable at the Plantation of Plimoth in New England - Edward Winslow
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