LM_NET: Library Media Networking
Thanks again,
Kathy Davis
Library/Media Specialist
Ripon Middle School
kdavis@ripon.k12.wi.us
Please visit my Colonial links page:
http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/Pages/Departments/media/colonial.html=20
The Mayflower Compact:
http://www.bungi.com/cfip/document/mayflowr.htm=20
http://www.provincetown.com/village/pt-history/compact/compact.html=20
Autobiography of T. Jefferson
http://www.cstone.net/~wmm/VIRGINIA/people/Jefferson/autobiography.html=20
Thomas Jefferson - Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org=20
A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org/Day/cabinet/home.html=20
George Washington and Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org=20
"The Surprising George Washington" from the National Archives
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/prologue/george.html=20
"The World of Ben Franklin" from the Franklin Institute Science Museum
http://sln.fi.edu/TOC.franklin.html=20
The Thirteen Orginials
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/13colony.html=20
Colonial Cycle (plus many links)
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/colo.html=20
Williamsburg
http://history.org/=20
http://www.wmbg.com/its/cwg.html=20
Williamsburg VA USA - America's Colonial City
http://users.visi.net/~cwt/wmsbg.html=20
Jamestowne Rediscovered -- Archaelogical Dig and other information--check
out the Current Exhibit and Finds links, too
http://www.widomaker.com/~apva=20
>From Revolution to Reconstruction (hypertext)
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/index.html=20
Revolutionary War
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4393/rev_war.html=20
At Study Web ( http://www.studyweb.com )
Click on History in the main menu
American History at the History menu
American History again at the next menu
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/17th_Century/=20
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/18th_Century/=20
Living History Lesson Plans
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/history/livinghistory.html=20
Early America online journal: excellent site for original
documents--newspapers, maps, writings
http://earlyamerica.com=20
Includes a place to post questions on colonial history and read
replies at
http://earlyamerica.com/towncrier/index.html=20
Of Plymouth Plantation.. The Pilgrim Story
http://k12.oit.umass.edu/masag/3049r.html=20
about Massasoit:
http://pilgrims.net/native_americans/massasoit.html=20
Virtual Tour of Plymouth
http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/ArchNet/Topical/Historic/Plimoth/Plimoth.html=
=20
Virtual Field Trip of Philadelphia's Mile of History
http://libertynet.org/~iha/virtual.html=20
Oakview Elementary's Jamestown Project (done by and for kids)
http://oakview.fcps.edu/80/~cassella/virginia/history/jamestown=20
Other scholarly resources:
Eighteenth Century Resources (look under American History - many
links)
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/18th/=20
American History Links - be sure to check this one out
http://dent.edmonds.wednet.edu/IMD/historyamerican.html=20
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.si.edu/start.htm=20
Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts
http://www.osv.org/=20
Try: A Hypertext on American History
http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html=20
Pioneer, Colonial and American Revolution Links
http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/Pages/Departments/media/rev.html=20
Social St8udies - United States History - Fifth Grade Website (Great
for all ages, with lots of links):
http://sun.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/text/gr5.html=20
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/text/gr5.html=20
New York History
http://www.nyhistory.com/=20
Here are some sites I obtained from the listserv not too long ago.
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/13colony.html=20
Archiving early America: http://www.earlyamerican.com=20
http://www.bwscampus.com/Library/colonies.html=20
http://pilgrims.net/native americans/massasoit.html
Williamsburg: http://history.org=20
I haven't checked these out yet but they may help.
You are welcome to check out my site:
http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/rundlett/library/colonial.html=20
I haven't checked these links in awhile but most of them should still be =
active.
Hi. You can have the students go to=20
http://www.ecb.org/tracks=20
and then choose lessons 3. Early European Settlements, 4. Seeds of
Revolution, and 5. Independence
and there are quite a few good Colonial links. This would be easy for
them to use if they bookmark the home page.
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3. Early European Settlements
http://www.powhatan.org/=20
The Powhatan Renape Nation (includes history and current info on
Powhatan, Pocahontas myth, etc.)
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindianspowhatan.htm=20
Virginia's Indian Tribes - the Powhatan Confederacy
http://www.apva.org/history/index.html=20
A Brief History of Jamestown includes information on John Smith, John
Rolfe and Pocahontas
Also see "What did the colonists eat" from archaeological dig at
Jamestown.
http://www.apva.org/exhibit/eats.html=20
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/curry/dept/cise/soc/resources/jvc/=20
Jamestown Virtual Colony from University of Virginia Curry Ed school
http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/ooah/ooah1.htm=20
Early America
Information about the first people to arrive in North America, as well
as the early European=20
settlers, servants and slaves.
(this site also has bering land bridge, Jamestown, St. Augustine, etc.)
http://www.nps.gov/colo/capeheny/capehenry.html=20
Cape Henry Memorial
Read about the site of the first landing of the Jamestown settlers in
Virginia.=20
http://www.williamsburg.com/meeting/index.html=20
Virtual Tour of Plymouth Plantation
http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html#story=20
The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story
Learn about the Wampanoag, the original residents of the Plymouth area,
and the coming of the Pilgrims.
http://www.history.org/almanack.htm=20
Colonial Williamsburg Almanack
Learn about colonial times, including biographies of notable and
ordinary people
including a timeline, biographies of, historic buildings, colonial life
like food,=20
http://www.history.org/life/trades/tradehdr.htm=20
Colonial Trades
http://www.history.org/life/Af-Amer/aalife.htm=20
African-American Life during colonial times
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/=20
Africans in America
PBS Web site - link to "The terrible transformation"
http://www.ctstateu.edu/%7Enoahweb/amusements.html=20
Amusements in colonial times
http://www.ctstateu.edu/%7Enoahweb/lifein1770.html=20
Connecticut life in the 1770's
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Tobacco site
http://www.treaty7.org/friends/tnat/tnat.htm=20
and Web quest for extension
http://www.nps.gov/colo/=20
Colonial National Historic park
4. Seeds of Revolution
http://www.belizenet.com/history/chap4.html=20
Slavery and the Triangular Trade Route
Read about slavery and the triangular trade from the perspective of
Belize.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/=20
Africans in America
PBS Web site - link to revolution portion
http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/ooah/ooah2.htm=20
The Colonial Period
Read about early immigration from Europe and those who settled in
New England, the middle colonies and southern colonies
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html=20
Rare map collection - colonial period from U of Georgia
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Passengers on the Mayflower
http://www.mayflower.org/pilgrims.htm=20
The Mayflower Web Pages
http://users.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html=20
Lots of history, including Girls on the Mayflower
http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html=20
Fourth World Documentation Project Thanksgiving Information
http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/urbanenvironment/faneuilhall.html=20
Faneuil Hall Photo and History
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http://www.mvol.com/org/mvcc/wpinfo.html=20
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 - Chronology
http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/default.htm=20
Salem, Massachusetts Home Page (including virtual tour)
http://www.salemweb.com/ (or can link to from above)
History of the Puritans
http://sun1.iusb.edu/eduweb01/puritans.html=20
Education in the Colonial Period
http://sun1.iusb.edu/eduweb01/colonial.html=20
(above is part of this) - great info from a history professor
Schooling, Education and Literacy in Colonial America
http://www.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html=20
5. Independence
http://www.wco.com/~jonnaro/colonies/index2.htm=20
The 13 American Colonies
Here you will find maps of the 13 original colonies and lots of
information.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm=20
Early Colonial Era
Timeline of the events during the early colonial era (to 1700)
Trythese: http://www.millcomm.com/~dover/colony.htm=20
http://www.wco.com/~jonnaro/colonies/colomap.htm=20
http://www.history.org/almanack.htm=20
Visit the Bridge Library page at:
http://bridge.ci.lexington.ma.us/library/welcome.html=20
Visit the Lexington Public Schools Elementary Library page at:
http://lps.lexingtonma.org/Libdept/elem.html=20
The following are good sites that we've used:
http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jmperry/colony.html=20
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/colonial.htm=20
http://www.history.org=20
Why don't you try this site: Plimoth-on-Web http://www.plimoth.org.
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Subject: Accelerated Reader Site.
Help...I remember a listserv where we could put our made up test questions
for Accelerated reader...something Oscoela but I can't locate the address, or
password. If you know what I am talking about, I would appreciate your kind
assistance.
Lyn Crawford
Library Media Specialist
Belinder Elementary School
Shawnee Mission, KS
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