The pilgrims from England traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of establishing a new colony in North America. The separatists or “saints” had to endure many unforeseen hardships and overcome many challenges along the journey, but after a long uncomfortable voyage, the pilgrims arrived in America and found a place to build a home. (McGraw-Hill Open Court, 2002)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.