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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Patrick Henry (1736 1799)

For Students 9th - 10th
Patrick Henry stoked the fires of the Revolutionary War during his time in the House of Burgesses in such a way that some colonists accused him of treason. Follow his political and law career and learn about the impact he made on our...
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Colonial Williamsburg: Politics in Colonial Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the politics involved in Colonial Williamsburg, leading up to the American Revolution. Content focuses on famous speeches, documents, and influential people.
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Colonial Williamsburg: 18th Century Trades Sampler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the types of trades and merchants found in 18th Century Williamsburg. Such trades include: apothecary, blacksmith, founder, harness maker, milliner, printer and bookbinder, shoemaker, silversmith, and wigmaker.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Redefining Family

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum explores the different "families" of colonial Williamsburg. Content includes a focus on each cultural group: white, Native American, and black.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Predicting Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation combines Science and Social Studies. As students examine the various methods of predicting the weather, in Colonial Williamsburg.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Numismatics: Coins and Currency in Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Valuable lessons in the history of Europeans' early exploration and settlement of America can be gained by following the money used in trade. Coins and Currency exhibition lets you examine evidence of Spanish, British, Dutch, French, and...
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Colonial Williamsburg: Kids Zone: Heads Up for the Colonists

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learning game in which students learn about life in the colonies and colonial dress as they select appropriate hats for each role in colonial society.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Travel in the 18th Century

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site has a lesson plan that contrasts the methods of travel during Colonial Times, with those of today.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Eighteenth Century Legal Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
A chart on legal terms used in 18th Century Colonial Virginia courts.
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Uen: Themepark: Liberty: United States Colonial History

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around colonial history. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Gardening in the 18th Century

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site offers students the opportunity to design their own gardens. Several disciplines can be used through this imaginative group lesson.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Kids Zone: Brickmaker Build Up

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learning game in which students follow directions to put the activities in order in the timeline to see how the fascinating process and art of brickmaking.
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Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute: Colonial Punishment

For Students 1st - 9th
Article on crime and types of punishment used in Colonial Virginia. Gives students an idea of what it was like to live in the English colonies.
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Colonial Gardener

For Students 1st - 5th
Weed the garden to keep the flowers alive in the gardens at Colonial Williamsburg.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Sampling 18th Century Fare

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum takes a look at Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Food Program project. Content includes a focus on how food was prepared, what tools were used, etc.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Occupations and Trades of the 18th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive list of the types and descriptions of occupations available in the 18th century. From the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Thomas Jefferson, Son of Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpted from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal, this essay offers details of Thomas Jefferson's life and his long and varied career.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines the lives of African-Americans during colonial times in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia. Content provides background information, journal articles, diary entries, biography fact sheets, and more.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Experience Colonial Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience colonial life through a variety of narratives. Topics include the African-American experience, animals, Christmas, clothing, family, food, gardening, manners, politics, religion, tools, and trades.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Tools

For Students 6th - 8th
Lists the tools used by colonial merchants and tradespeople. Each tool listed is linked to a description, many complete pictures.
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Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute: Courts in Colonial Virginia

For Students 1st - 9th
Overview of the early court system in Colonial Virginia and the challenges colonists faced interpreting British law for local purposes.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Treasure Trek

For Students 3rd - 5th
Take a scavenger hunt in a colonial town. Try to find objects that the colonists would have used in their daily lives.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: The Trial of Abigail Briggs

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Lesson plan on the Colonial Virginia court system featuring the trial of Abigail Briggs. Students will develop a sense of 18th century legal terms and justice system through role play and analyzing primary source documents.
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Roads to Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The colonists were being pushed to the brink by the taxes and regulations Great Britain was enacting. This source examines three major themes that pushed the colonists toward declaring independence.

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