Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: The Words we choose to use

This glossary of words and terms connected to the Mayflower story supports teachers wanting to explore this complex and sensitive history with their class.

You can download this PDF resource to use independently and with your class, to support your teaching of the history and events connected to the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620.

Key Stages:: Key Stage 2,; Key Stage 3,; Key Stage 4

Curriculum:: History

Topic:: Mayflower

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Part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations

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Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: The Words we choose to use

This glossary of words and terms connected to the Mayflower story supports teachers wanting to explore this complex and sensitive history with their class.

Part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations

School visits

Mayflower: Legend & Legacy: Schools Workshop

SENsational workshops

Climate Action: Plymouth’s Marine Citizens