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Colonial America: Everything You Need

Articles, interactive activities, booktalks, and more to help students understand Colonial life and times.

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Pilgrim Village: A Level A Listen and Read Book

PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Listening and Speaking

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Pilgrim Village: A Level B Listen and Read Book

Grades 1–2 | Early Reading | Vocabulary | Pilgrims

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Interdependence: A Colonial Example

Grades 3–5 | Unit Plans | Colonial America | Exploration, Colonization and Settlement | Jobs, Careers and Work

With this interdisciplinary approach to teaching about the transition to the New World, students give oral presentations from the...

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Colonial Period | Our America

Grades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Computer Lab Activities

Explore the colonial period in Scholastic's Our America series. Colonial America was the time in American history when Europeans first...

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Thanksgiving: Everything You Need

PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Everything You Need

Students will see beyond "the kids' table," as they research the significance of Thanksgiving.

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George Washington: Everything You Need

PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Everything You Need

Material that will help students research, critique, and apply the work of America's first president.

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Teach Dear America

Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Independent Reading | Interactive Whiteboard Activities | Book Resources

Students can travel back in time to discover the America of yesteryears, from the Colonial Period in the 1600s to World War II.

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Pilgrims

Grades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Colonial America

Presents an article about the English pilgrims founding Plymouth Colony, including their prior beliefs and their journey.

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Plymouth Colony

Grades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Colonial America

Offers details about Plymouth Colony, the first permanent Puritan settlement in America.

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Plymouth (Massachusetts)

Grades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Cities and States | Colonial America

Provides historical information and current economical facts about Plymouth, Massachusetts, the site of the first permanent European...

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Colonial Period 1607–1776

Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | American History

This article describes the challenges that colonists faced and the values they held as they settled on unfamiliar land.

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Internet Field Trip: Early America

Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Content Area Reading | Computer Lab Activities | Online Learning Activities

Use this internet field trip to explore the life and times of pilgrims and colonists with interactive games, mock testimonials, quizzes and...

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Puritanism

Grades 9–12 | Grades 6–8 | Colonial America

Presents an article about the history of English and American Puritanism.

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Colonial Customs

PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Colonial America

Experience Colonial life by exploring the customs of the 17th century.

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Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colony Booktalk

Grades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Booktalks | Colonial America | Social Studies Through Literature

Discover the answer to one of the most puzzling and intriguing mysteries in American history

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The Starving Times: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Discussion Guide

Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Literature | Online Learning Activities | Reading Comprehension

A discussion guide to The Starving Times: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary by Patricia Hermes in the My America series.

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The Starving Times: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Book Two Booktalk

Grades 3–5 | Booktalks | Communities and Ways of Life | Pilgrims | Social Studies Through Literature

I still live at Jamestown in 1609, but every day I wonder if I, or anyone else in the fort, will survive this horrible winter of starvation...

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Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Discussion Guide

Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Book Resources

A discussion guide to Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary: Book One, Jamestown, Virginia 1609 by Patricia Hermes in...

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Season of Promise: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary Discussion Guide

Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Writing Activities

A discussion guide to Season of Promise: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, Book Three, 1610 by Patricia Hermes in the My America series.

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An Interview with Barry Denenberg about The Journal of William Thomas Emerson

Grades 3–5 | American Revolution | Colonial America | Courage and Honor

An interview with Barry Denenberg about The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774, in...

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An Interview with Ann Turner about Love Thy Neighbor

Grades 6–8 | American Revolution | Democracy | Families and Social Structures | Friends and Friendship

Ann Turner was interviewed about Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 in the Dear...

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Love Thy Neighbor Discussion Guide

Grades 6–8 | Content Area Reading | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Book Resources

A discussion guide to Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner in the Dear...

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