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The Plimoth Plantation

Description

The Plimoth Plantation has designed a comprehensive online site that builds students’ understanding about the harvest celebration of 1621, which is often erroneously referred to as “The First Thanksgiving.” The learning on the site is supported and enhanced by an online teacher’s guide, “Becoming a Historian,” with lessons that correspond to each activity on the site, graphic organizers, and additional resources and information.

Website(s)

Becoming a Historian Teachers' Guide
You are the Historian

Related Academic Standards

New York State

SS1.E.1C Students explain those values, practices, and traditions that unite all Americans.

SS1.I.1A Students explore the meaning of American culture by identifying the key ideas, beliefs, and patterns of behavior and traditions that help define it and unite all Americans.

SS1.E.4A Students consider different interpretations of key events and/or issues in history and understand the differences in these accounts.

SS1.I.4B Students understand how different experiences, beliefs, values, traditions, and motives cause individuals and groups to interpret historic events and issues from different perspectives.

SS1.I.4D Students describe historic events through the eyes and experiences of those who were there.

SS5.E.3A Students understand that citizenship includes an awareness of the holidays, celebrations, and symbols of our nation.

RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).