ClassFlow
Class Flow: The 13 Colonies
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an overview of the original 13 colonies, including information about the individual colonies, fun facts, an interactive quiz and maps.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Can You Identify the 13 Original Colonies of the Usa?
Play this interactive game to test your knowledge of the original thirteen colonies. Can you find them on a map?
ClassFlow
Class Flow: 13 Colonies Map
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the composition of the thirteen original colonies and asks students to identify the colonies on a map.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Our Original Thirteen Colonial Settlements
After students have researched one of the thirteen original colonies, they will be asked to present a flyer encouraging others to come settle in their assigned colony. Oral presentations to the class must be accompanied by a written...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creating the 14th Colony
After studying the 13 original colonies learners will create their own colonies in cooperative groups. This will help students understand the difficulties the colonist had to endure in learning to work together. Learners will have to...
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: First Colony: Our Spanish Origins
This resource is a lesson plan from the University of Florida Natural History Museum. It is a lesson on the impact that the immigrants of Jamestown, VA had on American culture and the melting pot they created in the early colonial days.
Curated OER
Chesapeake Colonies
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Curated OER
New England Colonies
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Curated OER
Middle Colonies
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Second Generation of British Colonies
The religious and civil conflict in England in the mid-17th century limited immigration, as well as the attention the mother country paid the fledgling American colonies. In part to provide for the defense measures England was...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Other Colonies
This website gives just a brief run-down of the founding of the 13 original colonies.
Other
Time Page: 13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies
Information about each of the thirteen colonies with links to additional good quality resources.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: New Hampshire
New Hampshire is called the "'Granite State' because of its numerous granite quarries." It has a long history as one of the original 13 colonies. Come and find out more about New Hampshire.
Curated OER
Carolinas & Georgia
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Social Studies for Kids
Social Studies for Kids: The Thirteen Colonies
Learn some quick facts about each of the original thirteen English colonies.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: The Nation Expands
After examining a map showing the expansion of the United States, click to read about each addition to the country and see where that addition is. Play Expansion Concentration to test your skills.
University of New Brunswick (Canada)
The Winslow Papers
Edward Winslow was a community leader in the 13 Colonies when the American Revolution broke out. He helped lead the troops loyal to the king of England. Winslow and his compatriots eventually accepted defeat and decided to relocate to...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Virginia
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...