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Gathering Information
Collect information to answer your questions.
Your
team will be using the Note Sheet to gather
your information. Your teacher will give you directions on where to
save your notes.
Use
these resources and websites to locate information about where to
settle.
Be sure to keep track of the resources you used to find your information. Do this by studying the information on Citing Your Sources.
General
Background on Colonial Times in America
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World Book Encyclopedia Online (district subscription)
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Textbook Early United States p. 206-218.
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Map
of 13 Colonies – simple outline map
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Outline
Maps – click on the link “13 British Colonies” for a great map in PDF
format that is printable
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Liberty Perspectives: Daily Life in the Colonies - See what
daily life in the colonies was like
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13
Originals: Founding the American Colonies – brief information on each
colony.
Information
about Colonial Occupations
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Colonial
Occupations – long list with brief description of the job or trade
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Trades in Colonial
Williamsburg – Descriptions of many colonial jobs in Williamsburg,
Virginia.
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Occupations
in Deerfield, Massachusetts – A list of occupations in this town in
1673.
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Occupations
and Customs - Overview of all three colonial regions. Some advertising.
Northern
Colonies
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Textbook, Early United States p. 206-210
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
– Learn who the Puritans were and why they came to settle in Massachusetts
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A
Colonial Family and Community – Be a history detective and uncover
facts about life in colonial Connecticut
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Life in
Colonial America – Compares New England and Southern Colonies
Middle
Colonies
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Textbook, Early United States p. 211-217
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Colonial
Kids-Celebration of Life in the 1700s – Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Describes daily life for kids, chores and a look at jobs they might
do when they grow up.
Southern
Colonies
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Textbook, Early United States p. 218-224
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Colonial Williamsburg – Meet the People
– biographies of people who lived in Williamsburg, Virginia
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Colonial Williamsburg – See the Places
– information on historic places and buildings in Williamsburg
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Colonial Williamsburg – Colonial Life –
information on jobs or trades and other aspects of daily life.
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Stratford Hall
Plantation – Stratford, Virginia.
Information on life on this plantation. Click on History and on
Education on the left side menu for links to useful information.
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Life in
Colonial America – Compares New England and Southern Colonies
Additional
Resources
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Articles from Cobblestone Magazine, a magazine of
U.S. History for readers 9-14, available in full text format through the
district ProQuest subscription.
1.
All
in the Family (Maryland colonial family life).
2.
Servants
and Slaves in the Carroll Household (Maryland colonial slavery).
3.
Colonial
South Carolina (South Carolina in Colonial times).
4.
Capturing
life on canvas (Visual artists in the colonial period).
5.
Chairman
of the Board (Furniture of colonial period in the Middle Colonies).
6.
Philadelphia
Pewterer William Will (Colonial kitchen utensil
maker).
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Articles from Cobblestone Magazine in Electric Library
(use the desktop icon)
1.
Religious Freedom in Colonial America, by
Louise Slaviceck. 1 Jan 2000.
2.
Stitches in Time, by Carol Grund. 1 Nov.
2001. (quilting & sewing)
3.
Art of Glass-making, by Elizabeth Scholl. 1 Nov. 2001.
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Room 20’s
Colonial Web Page - Information on the Northern, Middle and
Southern colonies as reported by 5th grade students
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13 Colonies - Read
about daily life in each colony as written by student researchers.
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