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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Britain in the New World: War and Peace With Powhatan's People

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about how Powhatan and his tribe initially helped the English settlers in Jamestown, but ultimately went to war. Find out about why the different views about land ownership exacerbated the tension between the two cultures.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend

For Students 4th - 8th
Summarizes the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island and the legend of Virginia Dare that emerged later. She was the first English child born in the New World.
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Handout
Other

North Carolina History Project: Virginia Dare (1587 ?)

For Students 4th - 8th
Tells the story of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World. She was the granddaughter of John White, Governor of the colony established on Roanoke Island in 1587. While White was on a trip to England to replenish the...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...
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Website
The History Place

The History Place: Early Colonial Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a timeline of significant events between (1000-1700) win the discovery and colonization of the New World.
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Website
The History Place

The History Place: American Revolution

For Students 3rd - 8th
The History Place provides this timeline broken into six different sections that highlight the important events from the early European exploration of America through to the United States becoming a country. Features include informative...
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Pilgrim Elder William Brewster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief biography of William Brewster, one of the original Pilgrims to come over on the Mayflower.
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Land Is Settled

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the founding of the English colonies. This site is provided for by the University of Groningen.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Early Settlers in New England

For Students 3rd - 8th
A scene of early English colonists, or Pilgrims, in snow.
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Article
Curated OER

Wall Street Journal: Is This Stone Linked to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?

For Students 4th - 8th
The Dare Stones have long been a thorn in the mystery surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. The first stone was found in 1937 and had an inscription that was originally thought to have been carved by Eleanor Dare, daughter of...
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Website
Other

Time Page: 13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about each of the thirteen colonies with links to additional good quality resources.
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Article
Other

New York State Museum: The New Netherland Dutch

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief background of the ethnic makeup of New Netherland.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Sites Alive: Comparison of American Colonies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan focuses on comparing and contrasting the unique characteristics of the original thirteen American colonies.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Literary Term Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief, multiple choice quiz, is a great way to wrap up a unit on the thirteen colonies. Click "check answers" at the bottom to view questions you answered correctly.
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Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: Can You Identify the 13 Original Colonies of the Usa?

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this interactive game to test your knowledge of the original thirteen colonies. Can you find them on a map?
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Article
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Letter Writing in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from the National Postal Museum on letter writing in America and how it became important as a tie between people exploring or settling in the new world and the sponsors or loved ones they left behind. With primary source material.
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Primary
University of California

University of California, Berkeley: Boston News Letter May 15, 1704

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The front page of "The Boston News-Letter," the first newspaper in the English colonies.
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Article
Other

North Carolina Ghost Stories and Legends: Virginia Dare, the White Doe

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes the establishment of the Roanoke Island Colony and the story of Virginia Dare, the first English person born in the New World. After the colonists vanished, a legend developed around Virginia Dare, that she would appear as a...
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Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Roanoke Voyages

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1984 to commemorate the voyages to Roanoke Island. Includes a short passage on Sir Walter Raleigh's commissioning of the famous expedition that represents the beginning of English life...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: How Landforms Affect Settlers' Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has students engage in a research project looking at how geographical features affected the colonists' settling of the New World. Web links to aid the research process are included. An...
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Graphic
University of Oregon

Mapping History: American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in American history from pre-European times until post-World War II.
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Article
Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: New England Expands to New Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Article with photographs on the expansion of the new England Colonies to include the Middle and Southern Colonies. Links to primary source documents.
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Primary
Other

All the News? American Revolution & Maryland's Press

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this collection of digitized historical newspapers and broadsides from the 1760s about pre-Revolutionary topics. Requires Adobe Reader.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: French and Dutch Exploration in the New World

For Students 9th - 10th
Outline text explaining how the French, Dutch, and English explorers began to make inroads into the Americans in the late 1500s and early 1600s.

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