HISTORY IN PRIMARY GRADES 2/3 



ILLUSTRATIVE PAPERS BY PUPILS, SELECTED SECTIONS. 



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THE PILGRIMS 



a. 



These people were called Pilgrims. 



First they went to Holland, but the Pilgrim fathers and 

 mothers did not like it there. 



The children were learning to speak Dutch. 



b. 



Some of them did not want to go to church. 



The fathers and mothers were not satisfied. 



They said, " Let us go to America." 



They fitted up two ships, the "Speedwell" and the 

 " Mayflower," and started across the Atlantic ocean. 



The " Speedwell " broke down, and the people had to 

 come in the " Mayflower." 



c. 



Some friendly Indians came to visit the Pilgrims. 



One Indian, called Squanto, spent the winter with them 

 and showed them how to plant their crops. 



In the autumn the Pilgrim fathers gathered their crops of 

 wheat and barley. 



II. 



OUR FLAG 



June 14 is our flag's birthday. On that day, one hundred 

 and twenty six years ago, the people adopted it as the flag of 

 our country. 



George Washington planned the flag. It was to have 

 thirteen stripes, seven red ones and six white. These were 

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