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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Colonial House

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website for Colonial House, a televised experiment in historical reenactment, provides information and insight about what daily life, in 1628, must have been like for English settlers in early America. With video clips from the...
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eBook
Other

The Baldwin Project: "American History Stories, Volume Ii": Daughters of Liberty

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Baldwin Project is a site which presents books from the past on the internet. This excerpt from American History Stories, Volume II by Mara L. Pratt provides a description of the Daughters of Liberty from a different point of view.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Abigail Smith Married John Adams

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Former First Lady Abigail Adams is featured in this brief profile from The Library of Congress. Also contains a portrait of Abigail and her husband, President John Adams, as well as a photo of their home in Massachusetts.
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Activity
Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society: The Battle of Bunker Hill: Biographies Mercy Otis Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
These biographies includes a very short bio on Warren (1748-1814 CE), a spirited female author who published a three-volume history of the American Revolution.
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Activity
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Mercy Otis Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biographical sketch on Mercy Otis Warren, an American revolutionary activist who called for revolt against the British.
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Activity
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Anne Hutchinson

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors Anne Hutchinson for her early advocation for religious freedom in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Abigail Smith Adams

For Students 4th - 8th
This resource provides a brief biography of Abigail Adams (1744-1818 CE).
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Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Mercy Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a brief biography of Mercy Warren (1728-1814 CE), a famous author who lived during colonial times.
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Website
Other

B&r Samizdat Express: Mercy Otis Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the B&R Samizdat Express provides text of Warren's works: The Adulateur, The Defeat, The Group, The Blockheads, The Motley Assembly, and more.