COOLHISTORYFORUPPERMIDDLES

BiblioPlanYear3,Week6:COMPANION/CLASSTIMEREADINGS/GLOBEORMAP

1. WhoweretheMarianExiles?

2. WhydidPuritansobjectwhenpriestsworesurplices?

3. HowdidSeparatistsdifferfromsomeotherPuritans?

4. WhydidWilliamBrewsterandhiswifenametheirdaughterFear?

5. ExplainthePilgrimsmaingoalindesigningtheHolyDiscipline.

6. ExplainwhythePilgrimsbannedmusicalinstrumentsandharmonyfromtheirchurchservices.Doyouthink
theirreasonsweregoodones?Whyorwhynot?

7. ListsomeoftheproblemsthatconvincedthePilgrimstomovefromtheNetherlandstoNewEngland.

8. WhoweretheStrangers?WhydidsomanyStrangersaccompanythePilgrimsaboardMayflower?

9. Towhichgroupwouldyouhavelikedtobelong,theStrangersorthePilgrims?Why?

10. NametheleakyshipthatforcedthePilgrimstoturnbacktwice.
11. NametheNewEnglandpeninsulawhoseshaperesemblesafishhook.
12. NamethesoundthatliesbetweenMarthasVineyard,NantucketIslandandCapeCod.

13. WhydidrogueEnglishseacaptainThomasHuntlureanumberofWampanoagandNauset,including
Squanto,aboardhisship?

14. NametheagreementthePilgrimsand
Strangerswroteandsignedjustbeforegoing
ashoreinNewEnglandforthefirsttime.

15. Describethetwosurprisingnewpowersthe
Mayflowerpioneersclaimedforthemselvesin
thisagreement.

16. HowdidthePilgrimsupsettheNausetpeoplewhentheyfirstlandedonCapeCod?

17. NamethenearlynakedbravewhosurprisedthePilgrimsbystridingintoPlymouthsnewcommonhouse
andboldlysayinginEnglish,Welcome,Englishmen!

18. ListsomeoftheskillsSquantotaughtthePilgrims.

19. ListsometraditionalUSAThanksgivingfoodsthatwerenotonthemenuatthePilgrimsfirstThanksgiving.

BONUSQUESTION/ACTIVITY
TheearliestandmostcompleterecordofthefoundingofPlymouthColonycomesfromOfPlymouth
Plantation,ajournalwrittenbylongtimePlymouthGovernorWilliamBradford.LongafterBradforddied,his
originaljournaldisappearedforabout75years.Whendiditdisappear,andwhy?Wheredidthejournal
resurface?