Field Trip: Plimoth Plantation

This is our third year in our history cycle: Early Modern History, we started with the Holy Roman Empire in the 1500s and will be ending the year with the California Gold Rush of 1849. There's so much to cover in one year! We're lucky that as far as the American history goes we live incredibly close to where many of these events took place and that means field trips!!

First up, Plimoth Plantation where we toured the historic 17th century village, conversed with historians enacting people from the original Plimoth Village, and discussed Native American traditions with Native People from several tribes in the Wamponoag Homesite and the craft center.

chilling in the Native American rock circle

the garden of the Wamponoag homesite, the summer weetu is in the background

sheep are fascinating

outside the 17th Century English Village

plant identification

trying out the stilts

harder than it looks!

Ben's natural reaction to photo requests!

after Mom cajoles him!

everyone needs a coon skin cap!

he decided to buy a quill and ink set and couldn't wait to try it out

of course, we couldn't miss the actual Plimoth Rock!