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THANKSGIVING
TRAVAIL REALISE PAR LES
ELEVES DE 4ème SECTION
EUROPEENNE
The pilgrims :
th
17
century
A group of people escaped
England for Holland because
the British government had
little tolerance for religion.
They were called « pilgrims »

The Crossing: Autumn 1620
The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England.
The ship was the Mayflower.
The captain of the ship was Christopher Jones.
There were 102 passengers and the crew.
Oceanus Hopkins was
born at sea and
William Button
died at sea.
The settlement:winter 1620
The Mayflower arrived in America in 1620, in
the 17th century.There were not enough
houses built when winter came so many
Pilgrims stayed aboard the Mayflower.They
suffered from the bitter cold and didn't
have enough food so only half survived.
The first meeting with natives :
spring 1621.
The first indians arrived at the pilgrim's camp on
the sixteenth of March 1621.
Their names were Squanto, Samosel and their tribe
was the Wampanoag.
Their leader was Massasoit.
The indians taught the pilgrims how to hunt and
grow plants.
The first Thanksgiving feast
Governor William Bradford declared a
feast to give thanks to God for their
first harvest .
The indians were invited to join the
pilgrims for this first Thanksgiving
feast, in autumn 1621.
The menu of Thanksgiving
In 1621, they ate:
-turkeys
-pumpkins
-vegetables
-corn
-sea food
Today, we
eat:
-turkeys
-pumpkins
-corns
-vegetables
The Pilgrims
Clothes:
A Pilgrim girl wore a petticoat,
stockings, an apron, a waistcoat,
leather shoes and a linen coif on her
head.
Houses:
Their houses were made of
wood with a straw roof.
Their houses had two floors.
Food:
Pilgrim children ate food such as
bread, corn, hens and eggs, duck and
fish.They drank milk from the goats
at the plantation. They ate with their
hands.
Chores :
Chores for Pilgrim children included
gathering wood, milking goats, picking
berries and plants, caring for younger
children, fetching water and helping
plant the crops. Pilgrim girls also
helped with cooking and washing, they
made soap and candles.
School:
Pilgrim children were taught to by
adults and had good manners. Kids
served meals to their parents and
spoke only when they were spoken to.
In 1621, there were no school in
Plimoth, so children learnt to read
and write from other adults, like
parents or neighbors.
THE WAMPANOAG
Clothes:
Most wampanoag clothes were made of deerskin.
They went barefoot or wore moccasins.
Houses:
They lived in a wetus. It was made of saplings bent into
a circular shape.
Food:
They planted corns, beans, pumpkins, cucumbers and
tobacco.They hunted rabbit, squirrel, turkey and deer.They
also ate fish.
Chores:
Wampanoag boys helped the men harvest, fish, make
bows, arrows and knives. They cut « mishoo'n » (canoes)
from tall chestnut or pine trees. The girls prepared
food and made clay pots.
School:
Indian children learnt to respect elder people and their
ancestors.They also learnt to live in harmony with nature.
At 11, boys were initiated into manhood. This rite included
being taken into wilderness to survive alone for several
months.