If You Sailed on the Mayflower Vocabulary


 **Mayflower Vocab Words**

Tier One: 

Pilgrims
a person who goes on a long journey
Passengers
a traveler riding in a boat, car, train, airplane, ect.
Sailors
a person who travels on water
Indians

people living in America when Europeans arrived

Cargo ship

 a ship carrying things like cloth, hats, and barrels of wine

 

Tier Two:

Englishmen
men or women originally from England
The New World
America
Psalms
religious songs
Mayflower
the ship the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
Speedwell   the smaller ship intended to carry the Pilgrims to the new world
Hornbook  a book children used to learn their ABC's
Doublets woolen or leather jacket
Breeches pants
Voider a basket passed at the end of meal to throw crumbs, bones, and napkins in
Trencher a piece of wood used as a plate
Trundle Bed a small bed pulled out from under the larger bed that children slept on
Herbs medicine of the Pilgrims
Shallop a small boat used for sleeping and exploring trips later on
Salt Horse salted beef, pork, or fish
Hardtrack hard, dry biscuit

 

Tier Three:

Separatists
Englishmen who wanted to have their own separate church
Cape Cod
today is known as the state of Massachusetts
William Bradford
A pilgrim leader who said, "Many fell upon their knees, and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean."
Edward Winslow
A pilgrim leader who said, "the water froze on our clothes and made them like coats of iron."
Miles Standish
Soldier
Samoset English speaking Indian the pilgrims first met
Squanto The Indian who was the pilgrims best friend
John Carver Governor of the Pilgrims
Chief Massasoit worked alongside John Carver on creating a peace treaty
John Billington shot a man and was hanged for his crime
The Mayflower Compact a promise of fair laws, gave the pilgrims the right to choose their own leader

**Definitions taken from: If You Sailed on the Mayflower By, Ann McGovern

 

Vocabulary Activities

**Marzano's Six Step Process**

Step 1Describe – Provide students with a description, explanation or example (not a definition) using common language

 

Step 2Restate – Students restate the description, explanation or example in their own words

                    -Vocab Worksheet In Your Own Words.docx

 

Step 3Representations - Students represent the term non-linguistically

                   -Vocab Imagery Worksheet: Vocab Imagery.docx 

 

Step 4Activities – Engage students periodically in activities that add to their knowledge of the terms

               -Vocab Worksheet Vocab Analogy.docx

 

Step 5Discuss – Ask students to discuss terms with each other

                   - Quizlet

 

     Step 6Games - Play games with your terms

                    -Created Vocabulary Jeopardy Game

                  -Vocab Worksheet: Vocab Memory Game.docx 

                  -Quizlet Game Scatter

              -Quizlet Game Space Race

 

Vocabulary Purpose

 

 

Marzano's Purpose

For more information on Dr. Robert J. Marzano's research go to his home page

 

 

 Great Books 

 

If You Sailed on the Mayflower

 

If You Sailed on the Mayflower Resources

 

If You Sailed on the Mayflower Lesson Plans

 

                                                                                     Wiki Authored by Amy R.