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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Colonial Settlement 1600s 1763

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The settlement of the colonies in America is the focus of this article. The course of events is divided into topics and time periods, making it easier to understand. Note is made of the effects to the already present Native Americans as...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory Timeline: Colonial Settlement,1600s 1763

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read about the colonization in the New World by many European countries. Hyperlinks to you to more specific topics.
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Handout
Other

Cabrillo College: An Introduction to California's Native People: Missionization

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the mission movement in California and its effect on the Native Americans. Timeline of the missions' founding is also provided.
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Relations, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

For Students 9th - 10th
This online catalog offers thousands of primary source photographs and prints from around the world.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Southernmost Colonies: The Carolinas and Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the colonization of the Carolinas and Georgia, find out about the role of slavery in those colonies, and see how the Native Americans were treated.
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Activity
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Teaching History: The New World: A Stage for Cultural Interaction

For Students 9th - 10th
During European colonization, how did the French, Spanish, and Dutch view the Native Americans and how did their interaction differ? What affect did their interaction have on colonization?
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Website
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Three Worlds, Three Views

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay examining the cultural and environmental changes spanning 300 years in the pre-Revolutionary South as three worlds, Native American, European, and African collide. Site includes guiding questions for student discussion and scholars...
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Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Immigration: Racial Encounters in Colonial America

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Copper plate engravings offer one example of the racialization of colonized peoples. At the turn of the 17th century, most Europeans' visual conceptions of the Americas came from the engravings of the workshop of Flemish print-maker...
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Spain's Territorial Conquest in the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of Spanish territorial conquest in the New World is the history of the succession of conquistadors who often overwhelmed native empires, but were sometimes overwhelmed themselves. Read about the conquistadors who came to the...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: New York State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Study the history and timeline of the state of New York including early explorers, Native Americans, colonization, the American Revolution, and the 9-11 attacks on this website.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: General Demographics

For Students 9th - 10th
The most dramatic change in North Carolina's demographic history post-colonization has been the rapid change in its ethnic composition. For many decades the state has been characterized by a population that was dominated by whites and a...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: New Hampshire State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore the history and timeline of the state of New Hampshire including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, colonization, and the American Revolution on this website.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: New Jersey State History for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
On this website, students can learn about the history and timeline of the state of New Jersey including early explorers, Native Americans, early settlers, colonization, and the American Revolution.