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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Settlement [Pdf]
"Settlement" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about natural gas, its uses, and how it gets to homes. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining main idea and...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Colonists/pamphlets of Land Companies
Describes an early descriptive writing form, the land pamphlet. Explains that these pamphlets were a form of travel narrative, written by those familiar with the land. The pamphlets were issued by the Virginia Company, the Masachusetts...
PBS
Pbs: About All You Can Eat: A Feast at Plimouth Plantation
A lesson in the culinary delicacies of the Plymouth Plantation in 1627. For this integrated lesson, students examine the history of foods eaten during this colonial era and prepare an actual meal based on what they have learned. This...
Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)
Weaving Doukhobor History
Here the life of the Doukhobour culture in British Columbia is discussed. This Russian emigre pacifist sect and their communal way of life helped shape the debate over human rights in British Columbia.
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[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, the importance of Native Americans is discussed in this informational text. Visual cues are provided to support the passage and...
US Mint
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Sail to the New World, and take the interactive, story quiz on the first permanent English settlement.
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Early Settler's Home, Victoria [Picture] /
A broad selection of images featuring the Outback House can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Ducksters: Minnesota State History for Kids
On this webpage, students learn about the history and timeline of the state of Minnesota including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, and the Twin Cities.
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Ducksters: Mississippi State History for Kids
Study the history and timeline of the state of Mississippi including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, and the Civil War on this page.
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Ducksters: Nebraska State History for Kids
On this site, kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Nebraska including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, and becoming a state.
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Ducksters: Nevada State History for Kids
A site for students to learn about the history and timeline of the state of Nevada including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, the Comstock Lode, and nuclear testing.
Ducksters
Ducksters: New Hampshire State History for Kids
Explore the history and timeline of the state of New Hampshire including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, colonization, and the American Revolution on this website.
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Ducksters: New Jersey State History for Kids
On this website, students can learn about the history and timeline of the state of New Jersey including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, colonization, and the American Revolution.
Other
University of Vermont: Rocky Mountain Forests
Contains brief descriptions of tree species which can be found at various elevational gradients: Subalpine, Montane, Woodland Zone, and Black Hills. These same types of forests would have greeted early settlers to the area.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Netherlands History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of the Netherlands including early settlers, kings and leaders, artists, Word War II, and current events.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Canada History and Timeline Overview
A website dedicated to the history and timeline of the country of Canada including early settlers, European discovery, Samuel de Champlain, War of 1812, British Rule, and independence.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Australia History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Australia including Captain James Cook, early settlers, British penal colony, independence, and recent events.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Brazil History and Timeline Overview
Study the history and timeline of the country of Brazil including early settlers, European discovery, rule of Portugal, kings, and leaders, and current events on this webpage.
Other
Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Kings Landing Historical Settlement reflects life in the 19th century. Learn about the Loyalists who escaped the American Revolution and the hardships they faced working to establish their homes in New Brunswick.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Native American Cultures
The America that greeted the first Europeans was, thus, far from an empty wilderness. It is now thought that as many people lived in the Western Hemisphere as in Western Europe at that time -- about 40 million. Estimates of the number of...
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Week of 4 8 13: Happy Birthday, Florida!
In 2013, Florida turned 500 years old. Read about its discovery and early history.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Port Royal, Nova Scotia
Original drawing of Champlain's Habitation at Port Royal is shown along with photos of the fort after it was reconstructed. Steep roofs, narrow entrance ways and a closed in courtyard tell much about the conditions settlers had to live...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands
Available in both English and Dutch, this Library of Congress and Library of the Netherlands collaborative project offers over 11,000 digitized images relating to the Dutch in America. Includes a letter describing the purchase of...
Other
Trail of Tears Assoc: The Story Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Follow the early history of Native American and European contact in America. As more settlers moved west, a law was passed to relocate the Cherokee from Arkansas. The routes they followed and the cruelties they suffered came to be known...
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