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Colonial America: Everything You Need

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

Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities Internet Field Trip: Early America Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Use this internet field trip to explore the life and times of pilgrims and colonists with interactive games, mock testimonials, quizzes and much... Read more >	An Interview with Ann Rinaldi about The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Grades: 6–8 Ann Rinaldi was interviewed about The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 in the My Name is America historical fiction... Read more >
An Interview with Barry Denenberg about The Journal of William Thomas Emerson Grades: 3–5 An interview with Barry Denenberg about The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774, in the My... Read more >	An Interview with Ann Turner about Love Thy Neighbor Grades: 6–8 Ann Turner was interviewed about Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 in the Dear America... Read more >
An interview with Lisa Rowe Fraustino about I Walk in Dread Grades: 6–8 Lisa Rowe Fraustino was interviewed about I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials Massachusetts Bay... Read more >	Lesson Plans, Book Resources When I Was Built Lesson Plan Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 When I Was Built is a great title for comparing and contrasting colonial times with the present. Students enjoy making connections to their own... Read more >
Pilgrims Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Presents an article about the English pilgrims founding Plymouth Colony, including their prior beliefs and their journey. Read more >	Plymouth Colony Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Offers details about Plymouth Colony, the first permanent Puritan settlement in America. Read more >
Plymouth (Massachusetts) Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Provides historical information and current economical facts about Plymouth, Massachusetts, the site of the first permanent European settlement in... Read more >	Puritanism Grades: 6–8, 9–12 Presents an article about the history of English and American Puritanism. Read more >
Unit Plans Interdependence: A Colonial Example Grades: 3–5 With this interdisciplinary approach to teaching about the transition to the New World, students give oral presentations from the perspective of... Read more >	Everything You Need Thanksgiving: Everything You Need Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Students will see beyond the kids table as they research the significance of Thanksgiving. Read more >
Everything You Need George Washington: Everything You Need Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Material that will help students research, critique, and apply the work of America's first president. Read more >	Everything You Need George Washington: Everything You Need Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Material that will help students research, critique, and apply the work of America's first president. Read more >