I was so lucky that I found The Thanksgiving Story unit written by Monica Schroeder. You can find it on TPT here. She takes a long story about the voyage the pilgrims made to America and has the students act it out. My kids had a blast a you can tell by the smiles on their faces. I think they still like to wear the paper hats like last year in first grade. (I had many of them last year when I taught first grade.) I thought they would be past that but they still love it.
The students broke into teams to get on their ship to America. Then the Speedwell sprung a leak and they had to return to England. They loved looking on the back of their ticket to see if they were going to America or staying in England. It was a surprise for all what they would do next. I can't say any more about the day without giving it all away. You should really look at Monica Schroeder's project it is great.
Here they are signing the Speedwell log book to get on the ship.
Here are the members of the Mayflower completing their reflections about the experience.
The Speedwell didn't make it to America but their crew had a lot to share about the trip.
Deep in thought. Right?
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