Teaching Themes
Colonial America: Everything You Need
Articles, interactive activities, booktalks, and more to help students understand Colonial life and times.
An interview with Lisa Rowe Fraustino about I Walk in DreadGrades: 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... |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources I Walk in Dread Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 A discussion guide to I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691... |
An Interview with Ann Rinaldi about The Journal of Jasper Jonathan PierceGrades: 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... |
Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 A young orphan journeys on the Mayflower to a new land. When the crew arrives at Plymouth, they find a countryside of magnificent beauty and a... |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 A discussion guide to We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777 by Kristiana Gregory in the My... |
Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources Beyond the Burning Time Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 Beyond the Burning Time is a well-researched, vivid account of a dark, frightening period in American history, the Salem witch trials. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources When I Was Built Lesson PlanGrades: 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... |
Discussion Guides Five Smooth Stones Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 As tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots in 1776, Hope's life becomes more and more confusing. |
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Booktalks My America: Five Smooth Stones, Hope's Diary: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776 BooktalkGrades: 3–5 Nine-year-old Hope is a cook, a gardener, a housekeeper, a schoolgirl, and one of the very first people to hear the Declaration of Independence... |
Discussion Guides, Writing Prompts, Writing Activities Indian Captive Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 Little Mary, captured by Indians, learns to love them and refuses to leave when English soldiers try to rescue her. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Indian Captive Extension ActivityGrades: 6–8 Little Mary, captured by Indians, learns to love them and refuses to leave when English soldiers try to rescue her. |
Articles, Book Resources Books for Teaching About Colonial America and Interdependence!Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources If You Lived in Colonial Times Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Extension activity for If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern. |
