Assignment::
The student will pick a colony and design a colonial magazine
that reflects the life and times of that colony.
Keywords:
colony, colonial, Virginia, Massachussets,
(i.e. each colony name), puritans, quakers, William
Penn, colonial crafts, colonial food)
Library
Resources
(Reference and Nonfiction):
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Encyclopedias (World Book, Compton’s, Encyclopedia Americana)
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Cobblestone Magazines (History Magazine for Young People)
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Kids Discover
Internet Resources:
World
Book Online
– begin your research here for basic information (passwords are posted
on the bulletin board near computers).
Facts
on File – This database contains information for The Colonial Era within the American History online database.
EBSCO
– This database contains journals, newspaper articles, magazines,
primary source documents and more for the Colonial Time Period.
You should begin your search in the “Student Research Center”.
Additional
Online Resources:
America's Library - this site helps elementary and middle
school students learn about various periods of time in
history
American Memory
- created by the Library of Congress
more than 10 million digitized items documenting American
history. Type your search term in the top right corner of the
home page (i.e. colonial time, colonial period, thirteen
colonies)
Pictorial Americana: Selected Images from the Collections
of the Library of Congress.
Colonial Timeline - from the American Memory Collection
American Time
Capsule - from the American Memory
Collection; search using "colonial", "Virginia", etc.
Colonial
Resources from the Henry Ford Foundation - A site that contains
print resources for teachers, bibliography of fiction and nonfiction books
for students, and online resources for students pertaining to Colonial
Life:
Colonial
Timeline - A colonial timeline created by the Henry Ford
Foundation.
An American
Time Capsule - from the American Memory collection; search on
"colonial", "Virginia", etc.
Meet
a Colonial Family - This an interactive site that will introduce
the student to a Colonial Family and allow them to explore the aspects of
colonial life.
Colonial
Life – This site is presented by the Mayflower families.
Colonial
Hall Biographies - This site contains 111 biographies of colonial
Americans and are divided into three groups:
Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Signers of the
Constitution, and Signers of the Articles of Confederation.
Pocahontas
- This site is maintained by the Association for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities and gives a history of Pocahontas from birth through
death.
Monticello:
Thomas Jefferson - This link is part of the Monticello (Thomas
Jefferson’s home) site and gives insight to Jefferson’s daily life as
well as a timeline.
The
Story of the Pilgrims - This site sponsored by the Plimoth
Foundation gives historical background of the Pilgrims, their trip over on
the Mayflower, as well their early years in Plymouth.
Jamestown
Rediscovery - This site is sponsored by the Association of
the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
It provides background information on one of the first English
colonies.
Colonial
Games and Toys
Colonial
Clothing
Meet
the people of Colonial Williamsburg
Experience
Colonial Williamsburg
Schooling,
Education, and Literacy in Colonial America - This site
gives background on the education of Colonial times.
A
Celebration of Life in the 1700's – This
award winning site was created by kids for kids and gives a student
perspective of Colonial Life and Times.
Enjoy some historical fiction from Civil War Times
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Click here for Bibliography
Research Project: 