National First Ladies' Library
Will the Real Pocahontas Please Stand Up?
Learners explore the life of Pocahontas and Powhatan Indians. After studying information on a given website, students compare and contrast what they read about Pocahontas and what they previously thought of her. They explore life in a...
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Virginia Colony Word Search
For this Virginia Colony word search, students identify names of colonies, Indian tribes, and events that were evident during the colonization of America. A list of 15 words is provided beside the puzzle. An answer key is available.
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Thanksgiving Celebrations
In this Thanksgiving activity, students research and survey why the annual holiday, Thanksgiving, is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.
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Thanksgiving Puzzle
In this Thanksgiving word search, students identify terms related to Thanksgiving. They locate words such as pilgrim, colony, and thankful. A list of 18 words is provided to assist students in their search.
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Tour the Mayflower
In this internet research worksheet, students use a listed website to find information about the Mayflower. They match five vocabulary words with their definition. Students answer two short answer questions.
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Georgia: the Buffer Colony
For this United States history worksheet, middle schoolers utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the colony of Georgia. A short answer question is included as well.
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Jamestown Crossword
In this United States history worksheet, students use the 16 clues about the Jamestown settlement to fill the correct terms into the appropriate boxes on a crossword puzzle.
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Worksheet #21 Questions - English Settlers in America
In this English settlers in America learning exercise, learners expand their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that further their understanding of the aforementioned subject.
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Home Sweet Home
In this Pilgrims activity, learners analyze 12 pictures of common household items. Students circle all the pictures that show something that would have been found in a Pilgrim home.
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Questions About Thanksgiving
This writing worksheet asks students to read and rewrite 5 statements associated with Thanksgiving into questions. This worksheet would be quite useful when teaching students the differences between declarative and interrogative sentences.
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Past Tense Verbs
This activity, which focuses on the Pilgrims, has students practice the use of past tense verbs. Students in the lower grades could complete this fill-in-the-blank learning exercise as a review of information learned about Thanksgiving.
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VA History Mini-quiz -- Jamestown and Charters
In this Virginia history worksheet, learners examine their knowledge of Jamestown and its charters for settlement as they answer 15 multiple choice questions.
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Mayflower and Speedweel Trip To The New World
For this lesson, 4th graders explore the trip of the Mayflower. Students listen to the story about the Mayflower and the Speedweel. Students use the classroom to imagine the size of the ships by taping a portion of the actual size. ...
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On the Mayflower Lesson Plan
Students create a model of the Mayflower. In this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in dramatic play while reenacting the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Students listen as the instructor reads On the Mayflower by Kate Waters.
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Jamestown Fort: Finding History
Students identify artifacts discovered from the exploration of the Jamestown fort in order to help them create a short fictional account about the lives of Jamestown's first inhabitants. In this history lesson, students research the...
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Jobs in Jamestown
Students research data on Jamestown settlers in order to learn about the daily life and events in the colony. In this investigative history instructional activity, students work in groups to analyze the results of the Jamestown census. ...
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Thanksgiving Menu
Pupils explore the First Thanksgiving. In this U.S. history lesson, students read about the Pilgrims and Native Americans and discuss how they obtained and prepared food. Pupils develop a possible first Thanksgiving menu and draw a...
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Thanksgiving Mural
Students create a mural of the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson, students recall the history of Thanksgiving and create a mural of the holiday using large paper and crayons.
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Thirteen Colonies Word Jumble
In this American colonies learning exercise, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell vocabulary pertaining to the thirteen original colonies. There is a word bank provided.
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New England Colonies
Students study the New England colonies. In this colonies lesson, students use a directed reading-thinking method to learn about the New England colonies. Students follow the method to make predictions, read the text, and analyze the...
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Virginia: Jamestown and Its People
Learners familiarize themselves with the settlement of Jamestown and practice describing objects and their use. In this Jamestown lesson, students listen to stories about Jamestown, complete an artifact activity, and explore the story...
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Jamestown Journey Part 3
Fourth graders study the economy of Jamestown. In this early settlers lesson, 4th graders read about the trade between the English and the natives in Jamestown. This lesson is part of a larger unit and coincides with the novel The Double...
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Molly's Pilgrim
Students read Molly's Pilgrim and discuss what the word pilgrim means and what they think they look like. In this pilgrim lesson plan, students design a clothespin doll to represent a pilgrim.
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The American Revolution
Eleventh graders read and analyze document based questions about the American Revolution. In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze documents and pictures.
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