Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Numismatics: Coins and Currency in Colonial America
Valuable lessons in the history of Europeans' early exploration and settlement of America can be gained by following the money used in trade. Coins and Currency exhibition lets you examine evidence of Spanish, British, Dutch, French, and...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: Religion in Colonial America
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about Puritans and the role religion played in the Puritan society of colonial America.
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History Buff: Colonial America Newspapers and Transcripts
This site contains a brief history of newspapers in colonial America. Also provides links to the texts of the papers themselves, looking back at the actual words used in American Colonial newspapers.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Colonial America Teaching Theme
Enhance classroom teaching about Colonial America with these impressive resources including lesson plans, activities, interactive sites and more.
Digital History
Digital History: Social Class in Colonial America [Pdf]
By examining primary sources such as diaries and tax records, and a chapter from a secondary source, learn about the social classes apparent in colonlial America. Suggested student exercises guide crtitical thinking assessment of the...
University of Maryland
Umbc: Children's Lives at Colonial London Town
A digital storybook called Children's Lives at Colonial London Town: The Stories of Three Families. London Town is located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was a trading port in 18th century colonial America. There is an...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: 18th Century Clothing
This resource provides a history of men's and women's clothing in colonial times. Includes photographs.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening in Colonial America
Learning activity on religion and society in which students explore the ideas and events of the Great Awakening and determine the impact they may have had on the American Revolution. Site provides links to wide variety of resources for...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: The Randolphs
Learn about the Randolphs, a wealthy family of influence in Colonial America.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House
Companion website for Colonial House, a televised experiment in historical reenactment, provides information and insight about what daily life, in 1628, must have been like for English settlers in early America. With video clips from the...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House: For Teachers: 'Tis a Very Dirty Manner of Life
Interactive adjunct to the popular PBS series Colonial House, which follows the efforts of modern-day families attempting to live as early colonists in seventeenth-century Maine, focuses on the language and expressions common to that...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Savannah, Ga: Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning
The site explores the colonial history of the city of Savannah, Georgia. This interactive instructional activity has excellent information, an inquiry question, historical context, maps, readings, images, and activities.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Colonial America the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony
Learn about the Eurpoean colonization of America.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: American Indians and English Settlers in Colonial America
In this lesson, 5th graders examine the relations between Indians and the settlers in the 1600s and 1700s. Background information for teachers is included. Students will work in groups to look at three different colonies and read primary...
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History 341: Colonial America: 1807 Copy of a New England Primer
An excellent facsimile copy of The New England Primer from 1807. (Site has links to individual pages.)
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History 341: Colonial America: 1805 Copy of the New England Primer
Clickable index for the full text of the 1805 New England Primer, a textbook that made public education possible in the early United States.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Colonial Religion
A collection that uses primary sources to explore religion during the Colonial period of United States History.
University of Maryland
Howard County Public School System: Foundations of American Government [Pdf]
How was the foundation of today's representative democracy established in early colonial America? Young scholars will be able to source three documents and corroborate evidence to draw conclusions about the development of democratic...
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New York State Museum: Colonial Albany
Provides information about life in the colonial village of Albany. Includes many resources about important structures, happenings, and people. A great resource for information on colonial America as a whole.
University of Notre Dame
Department of Special Collections: Colonial Currency
This resource from the Notre Dame University provides a comprehensive look at the currency of colonial America. Includes pictures and explanations of currency, lottery tickets and fiscal documents. All are listed chronologically by colony.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Colonial Life
Factors that shaped British Colonial America. Compare and contrast life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: Religious Freedom in Colonial New England [Ppt]
Presents key ideas for examining the roles Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson played in promoting religious toleration in colonial America.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teaching With Dear America: Colonial Period
Activities useful in presenting American colonial life. Find references to novels, a colonial home, and a diary entry activity.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Religion
The site provides a detailed overview of role religion played in the lives of the colonists. Content explores how religion played a part in the Revolution, and the statute for religious freedom, as well as providing a lesson plan, a link...
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