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Sites | Canada
|Colonial America | Countries | Explorers
| Incas, Aztecs &
Mayas | Maps | Native Americans | Revolutionary
War | United
States Government
General
Resources
Canada
Colonial America
- Virtual
Tour of Plimouth Plantation - Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation was the
first permanent European settlement in southern New England (AD 1620). Today,
this area is the site of a living museum, dedicated to recreating 17th - century
lifeways in the New World.
- Plimouth Plantation - Aliving
history of 17th-century Plymouth
- Jamestown Online Adventure
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Imagine that you are the leader of the Jamestown Colony. You get to make
the important decisions, and then see if you did better than the original
colonists!
- Virtual Jamestown
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
This site brings Jamestown to life with interactive videos and primary source
documents.
- Historic Jamestowne
http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php
Two new interactive archaeology modules have been designed to allow you to
discover how archaeology is done at Jamestown rediscovery.
- Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.apva.org/jr.html
This website tells the history of Jamestown and describes the excavations
happening today. This is a good place to find out what Jamestown really looks
like and o find links to other nearby excavations.
- Colonial American
History Resources - Open this web page to find excellent links to
a variety of resources relating to Colonial America Maps, documents,
and biographies are just some of the categories of links.
- Colonial Williamsburg - Experience
colonial life- animals, clothing, family, food, tools, trades; Betsy Ross
House, Valley Forge, revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin and lots more.
- America’s
Story: Colonial
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial
Timeline and information about the colonial period from the Library of Congress.
- The History Explorer of Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
This site is a wonderful resource for learning about colonial life, which
includes lesson plans (in the Additional Resources section), biographies
of both well-known and ordinary colonial citizens, photos and descriptions
of Williamsburg buildings, and more. Of particular interest are the numerous
illustrated articles on the many aspects of colonial life, such as the African
American experience, Christmas customs, highly interactive explanations of
colonial clothing, colonial recipes, explanations of colonial occupations
and more.
- Social
Studies For Kids - Colonies
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/13coloniesdef.htm
–
New England, Middle and Southern Colonies – information on each of
the thirteen colonies
- Social Studies For Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ushistory.htm
Periods in U.S. History, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation,
Constitution of the United States, Maps of U.S. History, Exploration and
Settlement of the United States
- Colonial
America 1600-1775
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
Colonies, Timelines, Military History, Colonial Williamsburg, Everyday Life and
Customs, The Trades, Colonial Crafts, Colonial Medicine
- Social
Studies For Kids – Colonial Times
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm
- Mayflower History:
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/index.php
- Colonial Hall
http://www.colonialhall.com/index.php
Biographies of our founding fathers and their wives
- Lexington Public Schools
http://lps.lexingtonma.org/Libdept/elem.lib./grade5.html#colonization
Grade 5 curriculum
Countries
- *CIA
World Factbook - This is an excellent resource for current information
about countries around the world. It includes maps and flags.
- *LonelyPlanet
Destinations - Great information for countries and travel
brochures
- Yahoo
Travel - Information about travel to countries
of the world
- CountryReports.org
http://www.countryreports.org/
Username he-student Password student Learn
about every nation and province of the world, including the people, government,
economy, geography, and defense!
You
can look
at maps
and
flags or
listen to
national anthems.
- Outline
Maps - Look here for outline maps of your country
- Country at a Glance
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_glance.htm
Basic information about countries all over the world. This United Nations
site allows you to click on the name of the country and discover its flag,
geographical facts, currency information, and other important data.
- Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Find out facts about your country from the Library of Congress
- Country
Information http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/information including temperatures, national anthems,
currency, population , photos, etc.
- Geographia
http://www.geographia.com/
Beautiful pictures and lots of helpful information about countries and
regions of the world.
- Currency Converter
http: //www.oanda.com/convert/classic -
Click here to quickly convert your money
- Altapedia -
Altapedia online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well
as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
- Class Brain - Country Reports
http://www.classbrain.com/art_cr/publish/index.shtml
Information and maps
Explorers
Incas, Aztecs
and Mayas
Maps
Native Americans
Revolutionary War - United States
United States Government
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for
Kids - introduction to how the government works. It covers the
U.S. Constitution, how laws are made, the branches of government, and citizenship.
Extensive links to other government related sites.
- American Presidents Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/
This website contains biographical information on the presidents, including
key events of each presidency and reference material.
- Presidents of the United States (POTUS)
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events,
and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies,
historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites
are also included to enrich this site.
- Lexington Public Schools
http://lps.lexingtonma.org/Libdept/elem.lib./grade5.html#ssconst
Grade 5 curriculum