Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colony 1636 by Paul Erickson showcases photography from a historical site and historical paintings.
Additionally the book digs deeper into the lives of the Pilgrims than most books typically cover.
Perfect for the dialectic years, my kids used some logical skills to make connections important to their present day.
Like Jamestown before them, the Pilgrims gained financial funding as a joint-stock company.
Unfortunately the Pilgrims also made another mistake.
Establishing themselves as a socialistic society led to failure. (As did Jamestown’s.)
The remedy for both Plymouth and Jamestown…capitalism!
I led our Socratic Discussions in such a way as to help the kids make the connection that socialism doesn’t work any better in the past than it does now.
Likewise capitalism works just as well then as it does now, an important economic lesson for today.
