November is here and it is the time to begin a homeschool unit study about the Pilgrims, the Mayflower, and how Thanksgiving came to be. Keep your children engaged and motivated this Thanksgiving holiday with these TWO FREE Pilgrim Unit Study.

During this season of Thanksgiving, use the provided informational text and research on the Pilgrims and their voyage on the Mayflower and eventual Plymouth Colony. In addition, learn about why the Pilgrims left England and also about the amazing Wampanoag Native American Indian tribe through the integration of these interactive and fun social studies worksheets.

The materials in this unit are interactive and utilize multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. The Pilgrim Unit Study is a comprehensive week-long unit study that integrates technology, vocabulary, writing, art, reading strategies, and more! Students will respond to the text by answering questions in student worksheets in a variety of formats.

Included in the Pilgrim Unit Study is 15 pages of information:

*The Mayflower Ship

*The Voyage on the Mayflower

*The Mayflower Compact

*The Mayflower Timeline

*The Pilgrims Voyage

*The First Thanksgiving Story

*The Wampanoag Native Americans

*Squanto

*4 sheets of Pilgrims Facts

*Thanksgiving Today

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ANOTHER FREE DOWNLOAD for this Pilgrims UNIT STUDY is a Pilgrims Shape Book that you can print out and have your young children cut out, color in, answer questions.

This is a great little booklet for the younger grade levels.
Print out THE PILGRIMS Shape Book to make a short book about the Pilgrims. Cut out each circle. Connect the pages together, then color the pages. You can map the Pilgrims' voyage, read about the help provided by the Wampanoag, learn about the first Thanksgiving, and answer the Pilgrim’s questions.

Printing the cover on colored construction paper looks great and adds durability.

Skills practiced: Cutting, coloring, writing, reading, answering questions, reading maps.

There are some great resources available across the internet and here are a couple of websites you can visit to utilize in your lesson plans for the PILGRIM UNIT STUDY.

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1) Read and discuss the Mayflower Compact. Discuss the laws created, why they were created, and perhaps make a few of your own.

2) Be sure to watch the Mayflower Videos on History.com as a family.

3) Select books for teaching thus PILGRIM UNIT STUDY. The hardest part is selecting the books because there are so many awesome books available today about the Native Americans, The Pilgrims, and The First Thanksgiving. It is best to select books that fit with your family and the appropriate reading levels of your children. Use books to read aloud during the unit study and also assign books for your children to read according to their abilities.

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15 Children’s Books About the History of the Pilgrims. the Native Americans and the First Thanksgiving

11 Books About the History of the Pilgrims for Adolescence

If You Sailed on the Mayflower by: Ann McGovern. Imagine being a Pilgrim on the Mayflower, anxiously awaiting arrival in a new land. This book answers a variety of questions about Pilgrim's life--both on the ship and onshore.

The Mayflower Adventure by: Colleen Reece. John and Sarah have lived in Holland all of their lives. But not anymore. Their parents, along with many other friends, have decided to move to America, the New World. While they know that God will travel with them, there are many things the Smythes and their friends don't know. One of their ships will start to sink. Fierce Atlantic storms will batter the Mayflower, threatening to tear her apart. Many people will get sick, and some won't live to see their new home. How will John and Sarah survive the voyage?

Almost Home: A Story Based on the Life of Mayflower's Mary Chilton by Wendy Lawton. Almost Home is the story of the Pilgrims' journey to America, based on the life of Mary Chilton, an actual passenger on the Mayflower! The Story shows God's providence and provision on their journey.

Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness. When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Many in their Plymouth colony won't make it through the winter, and the colony's first harvest is possible only with the help of two friends, Samoset and Squanto. Richly detailed paintings show how the pilgrims lived after landing at Plymouth, through the dark winter and into the busy days of spring, summer, and fall. Culminating with the excitement of the original Thanksgiving feast, Three Young Pilgrims makes history come alive.

Dear America: A Journey to the New World; The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky. A 12-year-old pilgrim girl makes the exciting yet dangerous journey on the Mayflower, filling her diary with thoughts about new friends, contact with Native Americans at Plymouth Colony, and the sickness that leaves her motherless. Historical fiction for ages 8 to 12.

Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation by Diane Stanley. Join the Time-Traveling Twins as they sit down to an enormous THREE-DAY feast, complete with puddings, pompions, pottages, and, of course, turkeys. Meet Squanto and the other Native Americans. Help with the harvest. Find out what it was really like to be a Pilgrim.

My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy, 1620 by Ann Rinaldi. Caught in the tides of history, 14-year-old indentured servant Jasper is adventure-bound when he sets sail onboard the Mayflower! Based on solid research, this fictional first-person account reveals the day-to-day hardships real people like Miles Standish, Priscilla Mullins, John Alden, Edward Winslow, and Governor Bradford faced as they struggled to survive in the New World. A compelling read for ages 9 to 12.

The Mayflower Secret by Dave & Neta Jackson. Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Tilley, an orphan, and life in the new colony. Recommended for ages 8 to 12.

The Pilgrims at Plymouth by Lucille Recht Penner. Life on the Mayflower was harsh. When the Pilgrims reached America, things got even worse. More than half the Pilgrims died the first winter. Luckily, the Pilgrims made friends with the Indians who lived nearby. Thanks to the Indians, the Pilgrims set up the first successful American colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The Legend of Squanto - audio Learn how equipped Squanto was, a captive of European slave traders, to change the course of U.S. history.

Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving by Eric Metaxas. Your 4- to 8-year-olds will be amazed to discover that the real hero of the first Thanksgiving was not English or Indian.