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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Inst: Architecture of New England and Southern Colonies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is part of a curriculum unit containing in-depth and detailed information comparing the architecture of colonial New England and the colonial South. It discusses how the archictecture relects the lives and the society of the...
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Other

History 341: Colonial America: 1805 Copy of the New England Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable index for the full text of the 1805 New England Primer, a textbook that made public education possible in the early United States.
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History 341: Colonial America: 1807 Copy of a New England Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent facsimile copy of The New England Primer from 1807. (Site has links to individual pages.)
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Wbur: New England's Electric Power Grid Is Undergoing a Transformation

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses New England's developing hybrid power grid, a network that relies on a variety of energy resources, including fuels and alternative energy sources and technologies. The ongoing transformation to renewable energy is...
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: New England Expands to New Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Article with photographs on the expansion of the new England Colonies to include the Middle and Southern Colonies. Links to primary source documents.
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Other

Official Website of the New England Patriots

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official site for the New England Patriots. Here you will find up-to-date news, scores, statistics, player profiles, a history of the team, team schedule, audio/video clips, plus much more.
Article
Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: The Puritans of New England

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of religious strife and factions in the 17th Century. Provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the Puritans, their life and culture, as they migrate to America and establish themselves in New England.
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Yale University

The Charter of New England:1620

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the online historical text written in 1620 establishing religious freedom, means of governing, and rule by law in the Plymouth colony and New England.
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University of Michigan

Making of America: Ballads of New England

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the University of Michigan provides access to online text for "Ballads of New England," an 1870 collection of Whittier's poetry. Poems can be viewed in plain-text format or as page-by-page images from the original work.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Early New England Historians

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Describes the themes and writing style of early New England historians. Clicking on the names at the bottom of each page will take you to information about individual historians.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The New England Clergy

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource examines the literature and theology of the New England Puritan clergy. Includes information about Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, John Cotton, Nathaniel Ward, Roger Williams, John Eliot, Richard Mather, Increase Mather, and...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Mapping Colonial New England: Looking at New England Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Mapping Colonial New England: Looking at the Landscape of New England." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Study Notes: The New England Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
An outline of the important information to study on the establishment of the New England Colonies by the Puritans, first in the Massachusetts Bay area, and their evolution and expansion beyond that.
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Teaching Kids News: New England Patriots Win Super Bowl Thriller

For Students 9th - 10th
A recap of the record-breaking Super Bowl LI celebrating the New England Patriots.
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Digital History

Digital History: Dimensions of Change in Colonial New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Dissension in Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in the formation of other New England colonies. Read about their formations, and the impact on the Native Americans in the area.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The New England Colonies

For Students 5th - 8th
New England colonies and society were very different from the Jamestown and subsequent Southern colonies. Find out the reasons the colonists had for founding the New England colonies.
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Middlebury College

Middlebury: New England Review

For Students 9th - 10th
The New England Review is a quarterly journal that publishes short fiction, a variety of general and literary nonfiction, and poetry.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University:bay Psalm Book (1640) and New England Primer (1683)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Essay discussing the Bay Psalm Book (1640) and the New England Primer (1683). Topics include: Classroom Issues and Strategies; Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues; Significant Form, Style, Artistic Conventions;...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Hurrah for New England!

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Hurrah for New England! By Cornelia Louise Tuthill, a fiction book for children.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Colonial Newspapers and Magazines: The New England Courant

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how "The New England Courant" came about, and how it was different than other papers.
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Other

New England Aquarium: Saving Sea Turtles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find out what the New England Aquarium is doing to save sea turtles and the obstacles turtles encounter as they make their way to the ocean. Also follow Munchkin's journey, a loggerhead sea turtle.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Electric Ben Franklin: The New England Courant

For Students 9th - 10th
Read all about it! Find copies of The New-England Courant published by James Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's older brother. You can also read about Ben Franklin's contribution to this colonial newspaper.
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Other

Glorious Revolution (In New England)

For Students 9th - 10th
From being named Governor General of New England in 1674 to being taken into custody 1689, this site chronicles the major events of Sir Edmund Andros's rule of the Dominion of New England.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: New England Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the religion, government, economics, and history of the New England colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

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