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Plimoth Patuxet Museums Announces Relaunch of Shallop
Following Routine Maintenance at the Museum’s Maritime Shop, historic reproduction vessel returns to berth next to Mayflower II
Teacher Toolkit Overview
This Teacher Toolkit features a curated collection of oral history, archaeological artifacts, and archival documents to explore early intercultural encounters in Patuxet (Plymouth).
Unit 1
In this unit, students use archaeological material, maps, and excerpts from written sources to explore how Wampanoag culture transformed between the end of the last Ice Age 11,500 years ago and the arrival of Mayflower in 1620. Materials explore how Wampanoag people adapted to changing climates and ecosystems and built political, economic, and kinship networks of independent communities across the region before and after Europeans first inserted themselves into those networks. Upon completion, students should understand that Wampanoag people have (and continue to live) in their homelands for thousands of years, but not in stasis.
Unit 2
In this unit, students explore the agreement made between Massasoit (Ousamequin), sachem of Pokanoket, his brother Quadequina, and Plymouth Colony’s elected governor, John Carver, and others. In this unit, students will use excerpts from written sources to explore why an agreement made sense, and how it may have informed key diplomatic events from the summer of 1621 through the harvest celebration later that year. Students will also use traditions such as wampum belts, gift-giving, and feasting to explore diplomacy and alliance-making.