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Digital History

Digital History: Dimensions of Change in Colonial New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Dissension in Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in the formation of other New England colonies. Read about their formations, and the impact on the Native Americans in the area.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The New England Colonies

For Students 5th - 8th
New England colonies and society were very different from the Jamestown and subsequent Southern colonies. Find out the reasons the colonists had for founding the New England colonies.
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Middlebury College

Middlebury: New England Review

For Students 9th - 10th
The New England Review is a quarterly journal that publishes short fiction, a variety of general and literary nonfiction, and poetry.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University:bay Psalm Book (1640) and New England Primer (1683)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Essay discussing the Bay Psalm Book (1640) and the New England Primer (1683). Topics include: Classroom Issues and Strategies; Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues; Significant Form, Style, Artistic Conventions;...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Hurrah for New England!

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Hurrah for New England! By Cornelia Louise Tuthill, a fiction book for children.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Colonial Newspapers and Magazines: The New England Courant

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how "The New England Courant" came about, and how it was different than other papers.
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Other

New England Aquarium: Saving Sea Turtles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find out what the New England Aquarium is doing to save sea turtles and the obstacles turtles encounter as they make their way to the ocean. Also follow Munchkin's journey, a loggerhead sea turtle.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Electric Ben Franklin: The New England Courant

For Students 9th - 10th
Read all about it! Find copies of The New-England Courant published by James Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's older brother. You can also read about Ben Franklin's contribution to this colonial newspaper.
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Other

Glorious Revolution (In New England)

For Students 9th - 10th
From being named Governor General of New England in 1674 to being taken into custody 1689, this site chronicles the major events of Sir Edmund Andros's rule of the Dominion of New England.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: New England Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the religion, government, economics, and history of the New England colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: New Bedford Whaling Historical Park: History & Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This national park site offers insight into the economic stimulus whaling brought to New England and has left behind a strong history for that region.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: New Bedford Whaling Historical Park:technology&business

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the many products obtained from whales, how the whales were hunted, and how the business of whaling was run. This dangerous business brought riches to New England for about a century.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Puritan New England: Plymouth

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Puritans who facing religious persecution in England set sail for the New World establishing the colony at Plymouth.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Puritans who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony and Rhode Island. The internal and external struggles with these colonies is discussed including the Salem Witch Trials, King Philip's War,...
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Puritanism in New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Good overview of the beliefs, theology, church membership, and literary style of the Puritans. Contains a good bibliography for more resources.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Colonial Period of American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive information about the colonial period of American History. Includes information about New England, colonies, government, people, The French and Indian War, and the Salem Witch Trials.
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University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Anarchaid. A New England Poem

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "The Anarchaid" a New England Poem written by David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, John Trumbull, and D. Lemuel Hopkins in 1786.
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Brown University

John Carter Brown Library: Champlain's America: New France and New England

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain. It discusses Champlain's determination and drive to explore North America, and to plant French roots in the Canadian landscape. Images of...
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Other

New England Aquarium: Amazing Jellies

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about jellies by examining their life cycle, their anatomy, playing a game, and exploring the information resources.
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US National Archives

Nara: America on the Homefront: Selected World War Ii Records in New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Brilliant look into life on the homefront during World War II. See radio spots rationing and controlling prices, wartime research, defending the homefront, and more. Many of the links are .pdf documents.
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University of Notre Dame

History of American Education: New England Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
Short background, history, and explanation of the New England Primer with an example of the alphabet rhyme.
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Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Puritanism in New England

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the founding of the New England colonies by both Pilgrims and Puritans.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: New England Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
Taken from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes. This is just one section of that book which discusses the New England Primer.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: New England Cottontail

For Students 4th - 8th
New England Cottontails forage alone, and groom themselves but not each other. They feed on grasses and clover in the summer, and when those are not available, turn to twigs and forbs. Learn more about the Sylvilagus transitionalis, more...

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