Internet Resources
Kate Waters' Biography
Grade Levels: Pre-K, Primary
Learn about Kate Waters' life in her own words at the Authors Online Library from Scholastic.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/interviews/kate_bio.htm
Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl The Story of the White House
Grade Levels: All
See photos of reconstructed life in the 1627 village of Plimoth. This site is an outstanding source for information on Pilgrims and Wampanoags.
http://www.plimoth.org/
Plimoth 1621
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle, Secondary
Learn about the Pilgrims by reading interviews with people portraying inhabitants of Plimoth and a Wampanoag. A section on daily life in the Plimoth Village details the clothing, learning, housing, games, and chores of Pilgrim and Wampanoag children.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/ Books by Kate Waters
Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
Six-year-old Ernie practices to perform his first Lion Dance on the Chinese New Year and the reader gets a close look at a Chinese household as the family supports Ernie's endeavors. The Mysterious Horseman: An Adventure in Prairietown, 1836
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
Andrew McLure, a boy living in Prairietown (an imaginary pioneer town from the 19th century), overhears talk about a headless horseman and learns about Washington Irving's recently published Legend of Sleepy Hollow. On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice & a Passenger Girl
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
Separated from their families, the main characters, William and Ellen, take care of one another as best they can on the treacherous journey across the Atlantic.
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
Through vivid photographs and text, the reader experiences the typical tasks in the life of a Pilgrim boy.
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
Through vivid photographs and text, the reader experiences the typical tasks in the life of a Pilgrim girl.
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
The text and photographs of this book capture fascinating pieces of history and trivia about the White House.
Publisher: Scholastic
Grade Level: Primary, Intermediate
Before Tapenum can become a warrior, he must learn how to make arrows and how to be patient. Through vivid photographs and text, the reader experiences a typical day in the life of a Wampanoag boy during Colonial times.
