ACTIVITY TITLE: TIME TRAVELER


SUBJECT AREAS: History, Culture, Internet Research Technology


YOUR INVESTIGATION:

You are a time traveler in the year 2050, and have been asked to travel back in time to study the original Thanksgiving. You have been instructed to blend in as a Native American. The Pilgrims will give you the most information if you show an interest in their lives and culture. Remember, the more you know about the Pilgrims and the more interest you show in their culture, the more they will be willing to tell you. Show us what you have learned by recreating the first Thanksgiving for us.


QUESTIONS TO GUIDE YOU:

1. Who are the important people you will meet?
   
2. Who are the important people that have died in the past year of the Pilgrims’ history?
   
3. What are the Pilgrims’ needs?
   
4. What are their customs and traditions?
   
5. How did the first Thanksgiving come to be?
   
   
   
   SITE TO SEARCH:
   
   http://wwx.media3.net/plymouth/history/index.htm
   
   
   
created by: Bob Collen
Menands Union Free School District
Albany, NY 12204