Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Colonial Literature: Slave Narratives
This lesson focuses on Colonial period slave narratives including the autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" by Olaudah Equiano. Links are provided to the narrative and the website Africans in America:...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Colonial Literature Assignments
This lesson focuses on the assignments for the unit on Colonial Literature. It features a list of reading assignments, thought questions, a mini-research project assignment, and links to websites on Native American Culture and Native...
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Charles Cornwallis (1738 1805)
Charles Cornwallis began his career sympathizing with the colonist's views before the Revolutionary War, but loyalty to the king won out when called upon to suppress the rebellion in America. Learn about major events in his life, battles...
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University of California
History Project: Identifying Colonial Diversity Through Passenger Lists [Pdf]
Lesson plan using primary sources in which students examine colonial ship passenger lists to identify diversity in the colonies.
University of California
The History Project: Aztec Life as Revealed in the Codex Telleriano Remensis
The Aztec pictorial manuscript later known as the Codex Telleriano-Remensis was created in sixteenth-century Mexico, about a generation after contact. It is considered one of the most beautiful and informative remaining works by the...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Gardening in the 18th Century
Site offers young scholars the opportunity to design their own gardens. Several disciplines can be used through this imaginative group instructional activity.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg History
This page goes directly to the homepage of Colonial Williamsburg, which historically reenacts the life of early English settlement in Virginia.
Read Works
Read Works: Compare and Contrast 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on comparing and contrasting through which young scholars learn how to compare two items using key terms, compare and contrast two non-fiction texts on similar topics, and compare...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Willaimsburg: Selected Recipes
Original recipes from colonial times in Williamsburg. You can try them yourself!
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute: Colonial Punishment
Article on crime and types of punishment used in Colonial Virginia. Gives students an idea of what it was like to live in the English colonies.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Politics in Colonial Virginia
This site explores the politics involved in Colonial Williamsburg, leading up to the American Revolution. Content focuses on famous speeches, documents, and influential people.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Religion and Revolution
This essay discusses colonists who questioned the "Anglican establishment." It then explains how religion was used to convince colonists to support the war.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Colonial Economy
Whatever early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in New England
This site describes the influence of the Reverend Joseph Bellamy and religion in 18th century colonial life. This lesson plan has excellent information, an inquiry question, historical context, maps, readings, images, and activities.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Religion, Women, and the Family
This National Humanities Center site from the University of Delaware discusses family life, childrearing, and the importance of religion in colonial America as written about in various books.
Read Works
Read Works: Growing Up Long Ago
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the typical life of a child during the 1800's. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Black Past
Black Past: Phillis Wheatley
This on-line encyclopedia article gives information about Phillis Wheatley, the Boston slave who surprised colonial America with her poetry. She was the first African-American woman to have her work published.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Colonial Differences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn to understand Colonial American regional differences by applying knowledge of places, resources, economics, land climate, products and trading centers. Extension of knowledge to include...
Ducksters
Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Daily Life During the Revolutionary War
Kids learn about daily life during the Revolutionary War including homes, clothes, food, school, and other fun facts. Take a quiz at the end to see what you learned!
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute: Courts in Colonial Virginia
Overview of the early court system in Colonial Virginia and the challenges colonists faced interpreting British law for local purposes.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: Geopolitical Powershifts in Affect Life in Nebraska
As European colonists began settling in the Plains conflicts rose and ultimately led to the French and Indian War. These conflicts are outlined here.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Trades
This site takes a look at some of the occupations and trades that were part of daily life in the colonies during the 18th Century.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Colonial Period Society
This site provides an explanation of the influence of the frontier on the landed gentry and the role of education in the society.
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