>>and I would suggest to netmilsmom, that if, as you say, you want to teach the truth to your kids, you try reading what those who WERE THERE had to say<<
Thank you!
Is what you have here, in one of the links above?
(looks like a unit studies lesson to me!)
There is also an excellent older publication by George F. Willison, “Saints and Strangers” that is quite accurate. You can usually find it “old books” stores.
Also, there is an excellent DVD - “Desperate Crossing” that is one of the most accurate to date - a great place to start.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y5B0VWH5L._SS500_.jpg
and online - the first segment on PBS’s “WE SHALL REMAIN” is quite accurate as to the actual relationship the original Pilgrim Father's had with the Indians... you can watch that online. (The whole series on the Indians is remarkable well done! I was totally amazed and elated.)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/
These just scratch the surface but are excellent for ‘getting to know the Pilgrims Fathers”
There are so many more interesting facts - did you know that John and Priscilla Alden had 11 children and built them their third house, in Duxbury which was lived in by Aldens’ until the 1950’s? It's now a living museum and worth the visit.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/
It's wonderful inside -
Also, there is still the Pilgrim, John Howland’s house in Plymouth Village and Major William Bradford's (Gov. B's son)house in Kingston .
http://www.wickedlocal.com/kingston/homepage/x1925654479
Did you know that they had trading posts as far north as Castine, in what is now Maine - used to be Mass? And that the trading post in what is now the Capitol of Maine, was 20’ x 60’ and a PREFAB? They made it in Plymouth and brought it up in sections on the Kennebec River. Howland, with his wife and 3 little girls, lived there in winter - when furs were best for trading. (And John Alden was arrested for murder there and hauled off to court in Boston...)
Lots and lots of ‘stuff’ to learn about them and their incredible adventures. WE could use more like them today! They went through incredible sacrifices, privations and dangers to rid themselves of an oppressive regime - I think we can understand why today...but there are no more 'untamed' lands to escape to!
