Lesson Plan #: CC-0015

Second Grade Lesson 1: What Was the World of the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims Like around the 1620's?

Objectives: The student will be able to:

1. gain an understanding of the life of the Wampanoag Indians.

2. extend their understanding of Pilgrim life and compare it to the Indians.

Description of lesson/activity:

1. Read People of the Breaking Day , by Marcia Sewall to the students. This is a story explaining the life of the Wampanoag Indians before the Pilgrims arrived. Make a chart with the children of basic information such as:


Wampanoags
-----------------------------------------------    |        Clothing       |                     |               |          Food         |                     |               |          Homes        |                     |             |          Games        |                     |  -----------------------------------------------

Students should compare this tribe with other tribes they have studied.

2. Read the book The Pilgrims of Plimoth , by Marcia Sewall. Extend the chart from the previous activity to include the Pilgrims.

3. Create a two-sided book with the children comparing the points of view of both the Wampanoag Indians on one side, and the Pilgrims on the other.