Life Of A Pilgrim Child

Today we learned all about the Life of a Pilgrim Child.  The lessons we did happened to be an extension of the last post, BUT I have done it as a stand-alone activity before - either way you do it, the students so enjoy it!!

We started off today by reading some of our favorite Pilgrim books.  

  

**If I had a copy, I would have also read the book "Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy" By Kate Waters.

As we read we added to our pilgrim boy and girl venn diagram.  

We then went back into our character roles that we did as part of our Mayflower lesson which you can find here. To refresh your memory: we had just finished watching the first 10 minutes of Charlie Brown Mayflower Voyage and they are now at the part where they are about to get off the ship and explore the New World.    I told the students that before they can get off the Mayflower and explore the New World (with Charlie Brown), they had to write an expert piece about children living in Pilgrim times. 


The students then went to their seats and wrote about what pilgrim children did, did not do, had, did not have, etc.  They started off their writing pieces with "As a pilgrim boy/girl, I ______" OR "I am a pilgrim boy/girl. I _____." Let me tell you - every single student was SO ENGAGED and had so much to share!! Not a single person wrote less than a full page! 

After they had all finished, it was time for them to create themselves as a pilgrim boy/girl and then connect that to their writing. You can get a copy of the tracers and writing paper I used for this here.

Once they had all "proved" that they knew what it was like to be a pilgrim boy/girl, they were able to join Charlie Brown in stepping off the Mayflower and exploring the New World (a note: when watching Charlie Brown: Mayflower Voyage, I would frequently pause it and talk with the students about what was happening).

Have a GREAT night!