Grade 3 reports out on their field trip to Plimoth Plantation

1. Plimoth Plantation
Mrs. Mirabito’s class trip
November 2014

2. The Mayflower was a merchant ship meant to store cargo, not
people. The Mayflower was not a cruise ship, but carried 102 people
from Europe to America.

3. The Mayflower
On the Mayflower there
were 102 people. Kids and
and adults. The kids slept on
the floor and the adults slept
on beds.

4. Plimoth Plantation is surrounded by a Palisade to protect the
community.

5. Pilgrims attended religious services at their
Meeting House

6. Pilgrim’s Gardens

7. Pilgrim’s Gardens

8. Pilgrim gardens often included chickens

9. How the
Wampanoag made
food:
There is a corn
smasher that makes
grain. The ducet is
cooking under the
fire. There are also
some purses
hanging up.

10. This is a Wampanoag person cooking

12. The wetu is a summer home for a Wampanoag family.

13. Wetu: single families live in wetus in the summer

14. The wetu roofs were made of cat tail weeds

15. The Longhouse

16. The Longhouse
Groups
of
families
lived
together.
The
outside
was
made of
tree bark.

17. Longhouse
Inside a longhouse you will find long benches made of
branches with animal skin and fur on top for sleeping.

18. The Wampanoag are
picking blueberries with
a village in the back.

19. The mishoons were so light, the Wampanoag transported mishoons by
carrying them from place to place.