David Sedaris is quite the story-teller. Read "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" and follow it up with this two-page worksheet. Readers will revisit the text to answer higher level thinking questions. Designed...

Middle schoolers review the writings of John Lawson. Using his writings, they read comments about them to determine how his writings might have affected emigration to America. They answer discussion questions and share their answers...

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...

Students explore why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North American and the Caribbean.

Students examine the Fugitive Slave Law as a motivating factor for slaves to emigrate outside the United States. After discussing the relationships between fugitive slaves and North American and Caribbean countries, they write essays...

Young scholars create a timeline of the history of Washington, D.C. from 1787 to 1879. Using the internet, they read specified articles about the design of the capital and city of Washington DC. Students write a newspaper article about...

Students work together to research the Abenaki Indians. They discover how the Native Americans lives where changed after contact with the Europeans. They compare and contrast the Indians and the Europeans and present their information to...

Students explore an Internet site that introduces the Framers, court cases, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and even games and quizzes.

Students investigate how the definition of being American has changed over the years using online primary source documents.

Students research basic biographical facts, contributions made to the state and country, and important historical events of both the state and country made during the lifetime of a famous North Carolinian.

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.

This hands-on multidisciplinary activity, combines math and social studies. Students will discover how 18th Century fashion, and culture impacted Colonial Life.

Site offers a glimpse of Christmas Celebrations in Colonial Virginia.

Site provides lesson that examines the role of dance and music in Colonial Williamsburg. Interactive group activities highlight this lesson.

A student-created college history project. It looks at different aspects of childhood during colonial times, including education, discipline, play, and daily life. (Note: A few images no longer load.)

The students will create a news program about Benjamin Franklin and life in colonial times. The students will work in groups of complete research and prepare a video presentation. Students will utilize books and various web sites to...

Site from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation combines Science and Social Studies. As students examine the various methods of predicting the weather, in Colonial Williamsburg.

This site has a lesson plan that contrasts the methods of travel during Colonial Times, with those of today.

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...

Site offers young scholars the opportunity to design their own gardens. Several disciplines can be used through this imaginative group lesson.

Original recipes from colonial times in Williamsburg. You can try them yourself!

Dian Murray details the life of the fearsome Madame Zheng.

Colonial House video segment in which Colonists and the Passamaquoddy people encounter each other for the first time in a reenactment of a New England settlement in 1628. [4:38]

Click on an object in the picture to learn more about its use and role in the colonies during the 18th century. Some things to learn about include, livestock, labor, and travel.