Plimouth Plantation- Online Learning Center
Become a history detective in the Online Learning Center, an interactive learning experience that helps children debunk many of the myths surrounding the first Thanksgiving. Also, check out the Just for Kids section for more activities and games or stop by the Visit section to take a virtual tour of the Mayflower.
Colonial Williamsburg Kids Zone
This site, affiliated with Colonial Williamsburg, has a ton of great interactive games, and activities. It also has a lot of interesting and relevant information about Colonial times - kids can read and investigate into the roles that people played in society in Colonial times.
Visit the Colonial Kids who live in Southeastern Pennsylvania in the 1700s. Get a glimpse into what life was like for them through videos, games, activities and interviews.
Check out Interactive History section for games, quizzes, and myth busters, about colonial times. In the Teacher section there are great lesson plans and interactive activities for students, like testimonials, video diaries, and quizzes.
Related Links:
Big Apple History
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic1.html
13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Roanoke Revisited Heritage Program
http://www.nps.gov/archive/fora/roanokerev.htm
Schoolhouse Rock - No More Kings
http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/No.html
Virtual Tour of Plimouth Plantation
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm
Colonial Williamsburg Mulitmedia Pages
http://www.history.org/media/index.cfm
Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=400
- Everything You Need:
- Subjects:Pilgrims, Content Area Reading, Research Skills, Thanksgiving, Communication and the Internet, Teaching with Technology
- Skills:Online Sources, Research Skills
