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Lapbook: Small Pox Matchbook –
Describe briefly what smallpox is and how it impacted
Squanto.
Small pox is a disease that caused high fever and bumps
to appear on the body. It is contagious. Because of no
vaccines in Squanto’s day, it often caused death. Small
pox impacted Squanto because it is thought to be the
cause of his tribe being wiped out.
Teaching the Pilgrims: He taught them how to
plant corn, find eels in the river and where the best
places to find lobsters were.
Word Study (Vocabulary) – Write a description
of each word as you read about Squanto.
- Tisquantum – Squanto’s real name. The English
called him Squanto.
- Patuxet – Squanto’s original tribe.
- Wampanoag — The tribe that invited Squanto to
live with them when he returned home only to find
his tribe was wiped out by small pox.
- Small pox – A disease that causes fever and a
rash of bumps on the body. It is contagious and life
threatening.
- Monk – Men who dedicate their lives to the works
of Jesus Christ. Usually they live together in
monasteries, but some live alone while others roam
without any fixed residence.
- Sachem – Word the Massachusetts tribes called
their chiefs.
- Pilgrims – A group of Puritans who left England
in order to freely worship the one and only true
God.
- Plymouth – The name the Pilgrims gave to the
area where they landed in America. They named it
after their home town in England.
Copywork Verse: Genesis 45:7 “And God sent me
before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and
to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
Thanksgiving – The Pilgrims got together
during the harvest time to give thanks to God for his
blessings throughout the year. They invited Squanto’s
Indian family. They cooked up an abundance of food from
their crops and from various animals the Indians
provided.
- On the Pilgrims flap: Write what they might have
been thankful for.<.li>
- On the ME flap: Draw or glue a picture of
yourself and inside write what you are thankful for
this past year.
Squanto’s Travels – Describe a little about
each place when Squanto was there.
- America – His home. His home was located where
nowadays Plymouth, Massachusetts is.
- England – His first time there was voluntary. He
felt he could learn a lot about the English and
report back to his tribe. His second time there,
after he was taken to Spain, he was waiting for a
ship to take him back to America.
- Spain – His trip to Spain was against his will.
He was a prisoner soon to be sold as a slave. He
thankfully was bought by some friendly Monks who
gave him his freedom, sheltered him, taught him of
Jesus and eventually sent him to England where he
was most likely to find a ship heading to America.
Tribal Families
- Patuxet – This was the tribe to which he
belonged. Squanto was a Patuxet Indian. Their home
was were nowady Plymouth, Massachusetts is. While
Squanto was in England and Spain, his family was
killed by small pox. Squanto was the last of the
Patuxets.
- Wampanoag – The Wampanoag tribe lived close to
the Patuxets. So when Squanto had no home, they
welcomed him in. The Wampanoag Chief made a peace
treaty with the English that was in place until his
death.
Squanto Mini Biography
- Name: Tisquantum
- Nickname: Squanto – given by the English
- Birthplace : America
- Indian Tribe: Patuxet
- Born: Around 1585
- Died: 1622
- Remembered for – Learning English and Spanish.
Teaching the Pilgrims to survive off of the land in
their new home. Translating between the Indians and
the Pilgrims which opened communication lines of
peace and trade.
God Protects Squanto – Tell how God delivered
Squanto from a life destined to be a slave.
Thank you and enjoy,
Cynthia Albright
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