Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: What Is the American?
Even colonial America was a melting pot of people from far away. Read about the diversity of the population and why it had an effect on the possibility of rebellion and revolution.
Other
Acton Boxborough School Dist.: Powhatan Indian Village
This site has photos of a replica of a Powhatan village, as well as information about the Powhatan way of life, style of dress, farming practices and more.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Jamestown Changes
This cross-curricular lesson plan guides young scholars to compare primary documents from Jamestown, Virginia to find the changes in life during the first few years of the settlement. This is an excellent plan that provides a link to an...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: English Iii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Three seventeenth-century buildings, two portraits, and three original accounts from Virginia and the Carolinas about the qualities and conditions of life in these southern English colonies that led to success and growth.
Digital History
Digital History: Pocahontas
Brief overview of the story of Pocahontas for students and a timeline of her life with pictures.
Other
Street Corner Society: The Journal of John Woolman
This web page gives a brief history of the life of John Woolman who was an abolitionist. It includes his famous journal on spiritual inner life for Quakers.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Anne Hutchinson (Spanish)
A review of the events in the life of Anne Hutchinson, a brave, early American settler. Learn how Anne Hutchinson felt about religion and the way people should worship God. (In Spanish)
Robin Chew
Samuel Adams: American Patriot & Politician
Read a brief overview of the life of Samuel Adams, one of the founding fathers of the United States. Links to other resources about Adams are included.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Most Successful Pirate of All Time
Dian Murray details the life of the fearsome Madame Zheng.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Pocahontas
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Pende
The Pende occupy a territory that extends from the banks of the Lutshima, a tributary of the Kwilu, to the Kasai. The last colonial census (1959) indicated that there were 200,000 western Pende and another 40,000 Pende in Kasai, the...
University of Iowa
University of Iowa: Arts and Life in Africa: Ghana (The Gold Coast)
A record of statistics for modern-day Ghana, up to 1998. The history section near the end provides a brief, but informative look at British control of Ghana.
PBS
Pbs: Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life: Franklin's Thirteen Virtues
Understand the virtues valued by Franklin, and other eighteenth-century men and women, by perusing this list.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Architecture of New England,southern Colonies
Describes the chronology of architectural design in New England and the South and what the architecture revealed about class building techniques. Includes ideas for lesson activities.
Other
New Amsterdam History Ctr.: Survive and Thrive: Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam
This article presents typical questions that might be posed by a student at nine or ten years of age and gives answers to them that are historically correct. Questions address issues such as what would they eat, food preparation, school,...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: Tricorn Hat
See a picture of the tricorn hat, worn by militiamen in the Revolutionary War. You can also read about the history of this particular hat.
Mayflower History
Mayflower history.com: Women of Early Plymouth
An interesting account of the decisions that had to be made about whether or not to bring women along on the Mayflower. There was a higher mortality rate among the women it turned out, but that may have been due to the fact that women...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Captured by Indians, 1755
This article details the experience of one girl abducted by the Seneca Indians.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: William Pitt's Defense of the American Colonies
This site contains the address Pitt gave against the Stamp Act in front of the House of Commons. His address helped secure the Act's repeal.
Other
The Ethan Allen Homestead & Museum
This site is a great resource for information about Ethan Allen from the historical society that maintains his homestead.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Dutch Influences Remain
This resource describes how New Netherland, later to be called New York, was originally possessed by the Dutch. Many traditions stem from the practices that they started.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Organization of Cells
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how multicelled organisms have specialized cells that do specific jobs and single celled organisms exist without the help of other cells.
Other
Virtual Jamestown: Experiences of an Indentured Servant
This site from the Virtual Jamestown of Crandall Shifflett provides the letter of Richard Frethorne to his parents in 1623 begging for their support in a desperate situation.
Quia
Quia: The English Colonies
Test your knowledge of the thirteen colonies with these interactive games. You'll find matching, concentration, flashcards, and a word search, along with a list of terms to refresh your memory.
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