The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story by Chuck Larsen

Which is a central idea of the article?

• Pilgrims were kind to Native Americans if they spoke English

• The Pilgrims left England in 1620.

• The Wampanoag people lived in dozens of independent but connected communities.

• Native Americans and Pilgrims came together in Plymouth, MA for a short time but the friendship deteriorated quickly.

Which of these facts from the article are background information necessary to understand the main idea?

• Squanto’s knowledge of English was key to a relationship with the Pilgrims

• The Wampanoag people lived in dozens of independent but connected communities

• The Pilgrims came to America in 1621

• Pilgrims needed Native Americans at first but cast them out after being helped.

Which detail best supports the main idea of this article?

• The English captain John Smith mapped part of “New England” in 1614.

• English settlers took the best fishing areas.

• Friars helped set Tisquantum free from slavery.

• After half of the Pilgrims died, the Wampanoag people taught them how to live off the land.

Why did the Pilgrims come to the New Land?

• to fight off English sea captains

• to gain religious freedom

• to help with the Wampanoag harvest

• to chase the Native Americans off

Which statement about the Pilgrims’ 1621 harvest meal is true?

• Squanto was discouraged from attending

• The Pilgrims called it the first Thanksgiving.

• It strengthened the relationship between the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims.

• The celebration lasted a week

From 1605-1620, many things happened to Squanto. What is the correct timeline of events?

• Met Captain Wymouth - Enslaved - Went to England - Met a Priest - Went to Spain - Went to England - Back to America

• Met Captain Wymouth - Went to England - Enslaved - Met a Priest - Went to Spain - Went to England - Back to America

• Learned English - Went to England - Enslaved - Met a Priest - Went to England - Went to Spain - Back to America

• Went to England - Met a Priest - Went to Spain - Met Captain Weymouth - Went to England - Back to America

What is a main reason that the alliance between the Native Americans and the people of Plymouth ended?

• Tens of thousands of English settlers arrived, overwhelming the region of New England.

• Some Wampanoag groups became Christians

• The U.S. government forced the Wampanoag people to relocate

• The settlers insisted on sharing the land

Place these events in chronological order from first to happen to last to happen:

Write the sentence letters in the order you choose with no spaces like this: ABCD

A) More Pilgrims came and changed the dynamic between the Native Americans and Pilgrims.

B) The "first Thanksgiving" took place.

C) Squanto helped the settlers at Plymouth.

D) Pilgrims came to the New World to have religious freedoms.

(a)  

What were some of the effects of European colonization on America’s Indigenous people?

• Many Indigenous people died from European diseases or in battle with the U.S. Army.

• At least 100,000 Indigenous people were forced to move to reservations

• Indigenous languages were preserved for generations

• Many Indigenous children were forced to attend boarding schools that erased their cultures.

What did the Wampanoag mean when he said in 1970 "What has happened cannot be changed. But today we work toward a better America, a more Indian America where people and nature are once again important."

• He hopes to stop hunger in America.

• He believes that the Native American way is the best and only way to live.

• He wants the Native Americans to be in charge and take all their land back.

• He hopes that the native American way in respecting people and nature will come back.