Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The 13 Colonies

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[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.
Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Can You Identify the 13 Original Colonies of the Usa?

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this interactive game to test your knowledge of the original thirteen colonies. Can you find them on a map?
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: 13 Colonies Map

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the composition of the thirteen original colonies and asks students to identify the colonies on a map.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Our Original Thirteen Colonial Settlements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Creating the 14th Colony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: First Colony: Our Spanish Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Chesapeake Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Graphic
Curated OER

New England Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Graphic
Curated OER

Middle Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Second Generation of British Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Activity
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: Other Colonies

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website gives just a brief run-down of the founding of the 13 original colonies.
Website
Other

Time Page: 13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about each of the thirteen colonies with links to additional good quality resources.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: New Hampshire

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Curated OER

Carolinas & Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive look into the people and events surrounding the founding of the original 13 colonies in America.
Handout
Social Studies for Kids

Social Studies for Kids: The Thirteen Colonies

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn some quick facts about each of the original thirteen English colonies.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: The Nation Expands

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Website
University of New Brunswick (Canada)

The Winslow Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...