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Curated OER

Teaching about Islam

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the effects of globalization on the Global South. In this World History lesson, 9th graders research a specific Islamic region.  Students create a presentation that explain the effects of globalization on their...
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Curated OER

The Original Layout of the Town of Deerfield

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explain that elements of the early settlement of Deerfield can still be seen in the town layout and in some of the early 18th century houses which survive. They read and analyze historical maps and analyze a drawing of...
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Curated OER

John Lawson's Emigration Impact: Short Essay

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review John Lawson's writings to discover the impact they had on emigration to America. Using the writings, they analyze the influence of them and review the early settlement of the colonies. They write their own essay sharing...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Experience Colonial Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience colonial life through a variety of narratives. Topics include the African-American experience, animals, Christmas, clothing, family, food, gardening, manners, politics, religion, tools, and trades.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this very detailed lesson plan, learners will explore what life was like during colonial life in the late 1700s. Students will use what they have learned to write fictional letters to a cousin.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Beginning with a discussion on how people adapt to or relocate to environments, this lesson encourages students to explore why the Colonists settled in specific regions. In groups, students examine primary documents, analyzing Colonists'...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall. Examine a variety of primary sources to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Learning About Colonial Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a group activity that allows young scholars to use predictions to learn about the lifestyle of American colonists.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall. Examine a variety of primary sources to...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Then and Now Life in Early America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Select from lesson plans that challenge students to compare everyday objects from colonial times to present day objects. Links to sites with photos and other primary sources will assist students in their comparison.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching With Dear America: Colonial Period

For Students 3rd - 8th
Activities useful in presenting American colonial life. Find references to novels, a colonial home, and a diary entry activity.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Mathematics With a Mob Cap

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This hands-on multidisciplinary activity, combines math and social studies. Students will discover how 18th Century fashion, and culture impacted Colonial Life.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Life in Colonial America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This instructional activity presents an explanation about who the early colonists were and why they came to America. Students will explore their lives and the economy by navigating the Internet. Students will conclude the instructional...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House: For Teachers: 'Tis a Very Dirty Manner of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Maryland

Umbc: Children's Lives at Colonial London Town

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Colonial Life

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Factors that shaped British Colonial America. Compare and contrast life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.
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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford: A Colonial Family and Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to be historical detectives. Using primary documents, they uncover information about the life and community of the Daggetts of northeastern Connecticut in the 1700s.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Colonial Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what it was like to live as a settler in the Thirteen Colonies through this page with accessible text and multi-media features.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Meet the People

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the people of colonial Williamsburg! Content includes a focus on the life of African-Americans, colonial children, tradesmen, and elite members of society. Special focus is also placed on the lives of George & Martha Washington,...
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New York State Museum: Colonial Albany

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Travel in the 18th Century

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site has a lesson plan that contrasts the methods of travel during Colonial Times, with those of today.
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Other

San Francisco Unified School District: Colonial Faire Project

For Students 6th - 8th
A large collection of high-quality resources for learning and teaching about the Thirteen English Colonies. The main page outlines examples of student project possibilities. There are individual pages for primary resources, people from...

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