The Pilgrim Fathers

This outstanding lesson is designed to helped students understand who the Pilgrim Fathers were and why they left England to settle in America. It is a classic resource which has never failed to engage my students and has been carefully tweaked over the years to get the best possible outcomes. The resource can be used with a range of abilities and can easily be edited to customised to suit the needs of your students. For an extra £1 you can also purchase this resource with an accompanying PowerPoint or but it at a significantly discounted price as a bundled item.

When you purchase this resource, you will receive a three page worksheet. The first page includes primary sources from the period as well as information on both the traditional and revisionist versions on who the Pilgrim Fathers were and why they left England to settle in the USA. The second page includes a range of different activities, including a starter and consolidation exercises to suit the full range of ability, whilst the third page includes two flow charts or decision trees that can be printed off, completed by students and stuck into their books to show the two different interpretations or versions of the history of the Pilgrim Fathers. I have also linked in a video that I have posted on You Tube on this topic which can be previewed with this resource.

The aims and objectives for this lesson are:

Theme: Causes of the English Civil War?
•Know: Who were the Pilgrim Fathers?
•Understand: Why did they leave Europe to settle in America?
•Evaluate: Why did the Pilgrim Fathers decide to settle around Cape Cod?
•Skills: Source Analysis, Cause and Consequence

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
•Identify & describe: Who were the Pilgrim Fathers?
•Explain: Why did they leave Europe to settle in America?
•Analyse: Why did the Pilgrim Fathers decide to settle around Cape Cod?

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Roy