Resources for Colonial America

Resources for Colonial America

http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/songs/kings.wav

lyrics, sound, and video of this SchoolHouse Rock cartoon which describes the founding of America.

http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html

- learn about the history of soap and how it was made in the colonies.

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/LS/4/sstudies/Colonial/SThomepg.htm

Colonial Stamps project great idea

http://www.history.org

Colonial Williamsburg

http://www0.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/diversity-phyllisw.html

description of the different people and religions found in the colonies. Includes a biography of Phillis and a poem by her.

http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonies/Main.html

class project on the colonies

http://www.eplay.com/1998-12-26/etravel/cow.adp

- special feature from ePLAY about the famous people, places, and events in colonial America and the Revolutionary War. Includes a glossary of colonial terms.

http://www.history.org/almanack.htm

learn about the people in colonial America and what their lives were like by exploring the trades, politics, religion, justice system, and other aspects of 18th-century living.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9301/HistoryDay.html

get facts about the first explorers to arrive in the Americas and information on the early Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia colonies. Be sure to scroll down the page!

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/LS/4/sstudies/Colonial/4K/4k98/4keoj.htm

student report describing each of the four acts, their effects, and how the Americans responded

http://www0.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives/dailylife.html

read some quick facts to learn what life was like in the colonies - an interactive map(painting) very cool