Thanksgiving Fun Day 2
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After two months at sea on a ship similar to the one above the Pilgrims reached the new world. Explore their journey and the ship they sailed on at Scholastic’s The First Thanksgiving Student Activities site.

“The 1620 voyage from England to America was more than 3,000 miles and beset by autumn storms.

Learn what it was like to live and work on a 17th-century sailing vessel, and relive part of this epic journey.”

You can also learn what daily life was like for the pilgrims among the Wampanoag, or “eastern peoples,” who already lived in the Massachusetts Bay area.