Colonial History 
                                  History - Jamestowne - 13 Colonies - California Missions - Various sites 
                                             French and Indian War - Other Resources - Webquests

 

 

      
                        Ben Franklin documentary from PBS - check this out      
                              http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

                              Best of History Websites - http://www.besthistorysites.net/ushistory_colonial.shtml 

American History Sources for Students - colonial times
    http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/colony.html

Geocities Global Access to Ed Resources - colonial
    http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/6617/colony6.html

Colonial Life websites - http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/colonial.html

Multnomah Websites - http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#colam

ProTeacher 13 Colonies links
    http://www.proteacher.com/090021.shtml

READ History! - http://www.udel.edu/readhistory/resources/colonial_weblinks.html

Roanoke - ThinkQuest
    http://library.thinkquest.org/3826/

    How Do You Lose a Colony? -     
       http://library.thinkquest.org/J002559/

        **Roanoke worksheet from Mrs. Mitchell
               http://www.kathimitchell.com/roanoke.htm

        Social Studies For Kids - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm


          Jamestown:
Introduction to Jamestown from Virginia
    http://www.apva.org/history/

Virtual Jamestown -
    http://www.virtualjamestown.org/quicktime/jamestown_fort.html
    http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html
    Site map - http://www.virtualjamestown.org/siteindex.html

Historic Jamestowne Lessons and Online Activities
    http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/

Learn more about Jamestown, the first English settlement
   http://www.jamestowne.org

        Timeline -  http://www.apva.org/history/timeline.html
        List of Early Settlers http://www.apva.org/history/list.html

Jamestown History
     http://odur.let.rug.nl/%7Eusa/H/1994/ch1_p6.htm

News about the James Fort project
    http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/jamestown.html
     http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm
     http://www.apva.org/ngex/index.html
     http://www.apva.org/finding/index.html
     http://www.historywiz.com/exhibits/jamesfort.htm

Jamestowne quiz
    http://mrsbogucki.com/cgi-bin/quiz.pl?FILE=jamestwn

Teaching about Jamestown Web Sites
    Jamestown Changes - http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=269
    Teaching About Jamestown - http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/jamestown/
    Lessons - http://www.virtualjamestown.org/tscreators.html
    Webquest - http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/voyage/

National Geographic Interactive - On the Trail of Captain John Smith
   http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith


          American Colonies, Pilgrims:
                  New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

13 Colonies - http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

13 Colonies Life - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonieslife.htm
   
Colonial America - http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_america/colonial_america.htm

Colonial American History -  http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap2.htm

 The American Colonies from KidInfo -
      http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html

13 Colonies - Clickable map with information
    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

13 Colonies map worksheet/quiz from Enchanted Learning
     http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/13colonies/13colonies.shtml 
     plus another map - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/label/13/13.shtml

New England Colonies -
   http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_NE_Colonies.html
 New England Colonies - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p2.htm
 New England Colonies - http://www.usahistory.info/New-England/
 **New England Colonies worksheet from Teri Beckner
      http://www.kathimitchell.com/colonial worksheets/newenglandcolonies.doc

Middle Colonies -  
  http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/midcol.htm
 Middle Colonies from KidInfo -
    http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Mid_Colonies.html
Middle Colonies - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p3.htm
 Middle Colonies - http://www.usahistory.info/colonies/
 **Middle Colonies worksheet from Teri Beckner 
    http://www.kathimitchell.com/colonial worksheets/middlecolonies.doc

Southern Colonies -
    http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_S_Colonies.html
Southern Colonies - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p4.htm
 Southern Colonies - http://www.usahistory.info/southern/
 **Southern Colonies worksheet from Teri Beckner
     http://www.kathimitchell.com/colonial worksheets/southerncolonies.doc

Did your relatives come over on the Mayflower?
   http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

**The Pilgrims - A Page of Activities and Links - 
    http://www.kathimitchell.com/pilgrims.htm
               
 Read about Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts
   http://www.osv.org

For Kids from Sturbridge Village  - http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/village_tour.html
    http://www.osv.org/kids_zone/index.html
    http://www.osv.org/school/activities.html
   Teacher Lesson Plans - http://www.osv.org/school/lesson_plans/
  
 Discover what life was like at Plimoth Plantation
   http://web.archive.org/web/20040626082611/http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/uconn_extras/historic/plimoth/plimoth.html
   http://archnet.asu.edu/archives/historic/plimoth/plimoth.html

 A Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
   http://gonewengland.about.com/library/blplimoth1new.htm

Colonial Detectives - Meet the Daggetts - A Colonial Family and Community
   http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

Colonial Children and their toys -  
   http://web.archive.org/web/20041013131935/http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/samplers/colonialkids.html
13 Colonies Webquest by Teri Beckner
   http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/mce/jhenry/13colonies/The%2013%20Colonies%20WebQuest.htm

 The Colonies - New England, Middle, and Southern - 
   web site of 5th grade students
   http://web.archive.org/web/20050810074537/http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room+20/Colonies/Main.html

A Study of the Colonial Economy
   http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/market_to_market/

Life in Colonial America - http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Interactive map of Paul Revere's ride -http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/virtual.shtml


 Virtual Tour of Philadelphia - http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html

Benjamin Franklin
    http://www.fi.edu/franklin/
    http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/
    http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/
    http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/index.html

    ** Ben Franklin worksheet

Visit Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia -  http://www.history.org
   or check out more on Williamsburg - http://www.history.org/history/

Travel to Mount Vernon and learn about George Washington
   http://www.mountvernon.org

George Washington's Papers -
   http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/

Explore Monticello where Thomas Jefferson lived
    http://www.monticello.org

 Colonization  Hotlists - http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/coloniz.html

You Be The Historian - Learning about colonial life in Delaware
     http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/


          California Missions:
California Missions
      http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Lomita_Magnet/missions/missions.html
California Missions
    http://missions.bgmm.com/index.htm

California Mission Internet Trail
    http://www.escusd.k12.ca.us/mission_trail/MissionTrail.html

California Missions - photos, essays, map
    http://138.23.124.165/collections/permanent/projects/survey/missions/default.html

California Missions Interactive
    http://www.tsoft.net/~cmi/

The California Missions
   http://www.californiamissions.com/menu.html
   
Spanish Missions of California
    http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/missions/

Cyber Serra Mission Project
    http://www.newhall.k12.ca.us/newhall/cyberserra/cyberserra.htm

Junipero Serra
    http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/serra.htm

The Spanish Missions of California - Thinkquest
   http://library.thinkquest.org/3615/
    
 Another Thinkquest site - http://library.thinkquest.org/J001749/

California Missions by bike
   http://www.tsoft.net/~cmi/Reports.html

California History from the Library of Congress
     http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbintro.html

California Missions activity - by Darlene Roswell
    http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189

Successful California Missions activity - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/the_last_mission/

California Mission Studies Association - list of missions, links, pictures
    http://www.ca-missions.org/  

California Missions models: http://www.msyorksclass.net/student-projects/california-mission-model/
                                  http://www.sylvan.com/~tigger/mission/
                                  http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/californiamissions/
 Diarama Directions -
   http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Allesandro_EL/docs%20and%20temps/Diorama%20of%20a%20California%20Mission.pdf
              

          Suggested sites from the American Library Association
                  http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=13

Library of Congress maps of North America 1750-90
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(COLLID+dsxpmap)+@field(COLLID+ct))

Rare maps from Colonial Times
    http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html

Tour Boston's Freedom Trail
     http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/
     http://www.nps.gov/bost/index.htm

     Links to The Freedom Trail
       http://www.kathimitchell.com/BFT.htm
     Boston Freedom Trail field trip pictures
       http://www.kathimitchell.com/Boston2002/bostonfieldtrip.html

Education in the Colonies
    http://web.archive.org/web/20001211234700/http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html
   http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesschool.htm
  
Hornbooks and Battledores
     http://theartofthebook.blogspot.com/2006/10/hornbooks-and-battledores.html
      http://www.stellabooks.com/articles/abc.php
      Another source

Lessons for Colonial Education
    http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml

Colonial America Scavenger Hunt about 13 Colonies
   http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/es/5/michael/colonial.htm
Colonial Currency and Coins  with pictures and information
   http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html

          French and Indian War:

The French & Indian War (PBS Jan. 18 and 25, 2006) Visit Relive Learn
     http://www.fortedwards.org/f-i-war/f-i-home.htm

Overview of French and Indian War from Ohio
    http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=498

French and Indian War from Netherlands site
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/7yearswar/fiw01.htm

Kidport Reference Library and other sources
     http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/FrenchIndian/FrenIndWar.htm
    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/frenchandindianwar1.htm
    http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h608.html
    http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm
    http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/French.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War

An overview of the French and Indian War
    http://www.militaryheritage.com/7yrswar.htm

Maps of the French and Indian War
     http://www.masshist.org/maps/Intro/FISplash.htm


          Other Resources:
Benjamin Franklin Webs from Mr. Leahy in Beaverton, Oregon -
  http://teach.beavton.k12.or.us/~David_Leahy/FOV1-000828FB/0102/ben/ben.htm
  also Cyberguide to Ben

Early America Archives plus Crossword Puzzle - http://earlyamerica.com

Colonial Lesson Plans - http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Colonial_America/
                         http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=411
                         http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3&subcategory=22
                         http://www.ushistorysite.com/colonies.php

 Colonial Lesson Plans from The Teachers' Corner
   http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/colonial.htm

Colonists in the New World - lesson plans for teachers
   http://www.nashville-schools.davidson.k12.tn.us/CurriculumAwards/colonists/colonists_in_the_new_world.htm

        Carol Hurst's Page of Books and Ideas -
          http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/colonial.html

       Johnny Tremain Study Guide
          http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/johnny_tremain.pdf

       Paul Revere lesson from EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=782

        Paul Revere's Ride - Lesson plan about the poem -
          http://www.emcp.com/product_catalog/school/litLink/Grade08/U09-06paulrevere/

Using Jean Fritz's books in the classroom -
   http://www.kathimitchell.com/jeanfritz.doc
   http://www.connected-learning.org/Products/sbrachlu2.htm

Suggested Activites Relating to the Spanish Missions
   http://library.thinkquest.org/3615/projects.html

French and Indian War Resource Guide -
   http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-french-and-indian-war-resource-guide.aspx

          WebQuests:
A Royal Charter from the King
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060618131200/http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/educators/cctech/currRes/charter.htm

California Missions Webquests:
    http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/mvm/netlinks/1missions4/1missions4.html
    http://ousd.orinda.k12.ca.us/delrey/Classes/Fourth%20Grade/SpanishMissionsofCA.htm

 Colonial America Webquest and Internet Travel
    http://brebru.com/webquests/colonialtimes/colonialcrier/colonialcrier.html

 Colonial American Art
    http://www.teachtheteachers.org/find/wpShow.cgi?wpID=140

 Colonial Children Webquest
    http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM

Colonial Towns
     http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/coltowns.htm

Colonial Webquests and projects:
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060708023649/http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/pgore/webquest.htm
   http://75.149.141.51/school/east/East/Colonial_Life_Web_Quest.html
   http://www.mrsanthes.com/homework.htm
   http://www2.lhric.org/kat/wq/colonial.htm
   http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/coltowns.htm
   http://jo-annbrierley.tripod.com/
   http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

 Creating A Colony in a New Land 
   http://www.misscantillon.com/Creating%20a%20Colony%20in%20the%20.htm

 From Colonies to States
   http://www.mnps.org/Page34382.aspx

Jamestown Webquests - http://www.elktonbbc.com/Boyer/JamestownWebquest2.htm
                          http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/voyage/
                          http://www.moriahschool.org/Webquests/JamestownWQ/index.html

 Life on Plimoth Plantation - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/plymouth/

Original 13 Colonies Webquest
   http://ouray.cudenver.edu/~jswright/ColonialWebQuest.html

 Thirteen Colonies WebQuest
   http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/tbeckner/WebQuest/13colonies.html

Johnny Tremain Webquest and projects
   http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/johnny/guide.cfm
    http://www.bolivar.k12.mo.us/BIS/bishome/eMINTS%20homepage/Webquests/johnnyt/intro.html
    http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/REVOLUT.HTM

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