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Learning about the Rock

What is a symbol?

• Visit WordCentral.com, in the search box next to Dictionary, type the word symbol and click the Find button.

How many people come yearly to Plymouth Rock?

• Pilgrim Memorial State Park

What does Plymouth Rock look like today?

• Visit Plimoth Plantation Virtual Tour: Plymouth Rock
• Examine photographs of Plymouth Rock

What is a legend?

• Visit WordCentral.com, in the search box next to Dictionary, type the word legend and click the Find button.
• Read about the Elder Faunce and Plymouth Rock. Would you have believed his story?

Read about history of Plymouth Rock

• Plymouth Rock by James W. Baker
• Adventures of Plymouth Rock by James W. Baker
• Plymouth Rock at the Pilgrim Hall Museum

History of Plymouth Rock

What evidence is there about who stepped on Plymouth Rock? Is it accurate?
Examine these two paintings and read the text

• Landing of the Pilgrims by Henry A. Bacon
• Landing of the Pilgrims by Michel Felice Corne

What kind of information is available at the site of Plymouth Rock?

• Visit Inscription at Plymouth Rock to gather information for the tour.
• Read Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers by Felicia Dorthea Hemans (use in the class play)

Viewpoints on Plymouth Rock

What has been written about Plymouth Rock? Do these words reflect the faith of the Pilgrim Fathers?

• Alexis DeTocqueville, 1853
• Daniel Webster, 1820

What is the Native American viewpoint about this historical time?

• United American Indians of New England
  National Day of Mourning Monument
  
  

Thanksgiving/Pilgrim Links