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Stratford Hall Plantation: General Robert E. Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Robert E. Lee is part of a larger site about the Lee family plantation, Stratford Hall. Read about his personal life before and after the war. Included are links to his farewell address and information about the horses...
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Website
Other

Plimoth Plantation: Mayflower Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives a detailed history of both the first Mayflower and the current Mayflower II that sits in the harbor of Plimoth Plantation.
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Lesson Plan
Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: Life on Plymouth Plantation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity students will be discovering about the early Americans by looking at a recreation of Plymouth Plantation in 1627.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: About All You Can Eat: A Feast at Plimouth Plantation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in the culinary delicacies of the Plymouth Plantation in 1627. In this integrated lesson, students examine the history of foods eaten during this colonial era and prepare an actual meal based on what they have learned. This...
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Website
Other

Plimouth Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
Plimoth Plantation brings us "Living, breathing history," and lots of fun delving into various aspects like the Wampanoag, the English Colonists, the colony itself, and, of course, Thanksgiving - myth and reality. This is a site with...
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Plimoth Plantation: Make It at Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As part of the comprehensive Plimoth Plantation site, this page gives directions on how to create games that the Wampanoag children and Pilgrim children might have played. Find pictures that show how to make these games.
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Activity
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Stratford Hall Plantation: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, dedicated to preservation, research and education. The Association interprets to the public Stratford Hall and the plantation life of the Lee Family, whose ideals and leadership...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Life in the Plantation South

For Students 5th - 8th
Plantation life was a dichotomy between rich and poor, land owners and laborers. Read about the life of the rich plantation owners and their families. See how the role of women was different on the plantations.
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Website
Other

James River Plantations: Westover Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
William Byrd built Westover, his plantation home. Here you can view photographs of it and learn of some details of interest.
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Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Plantation Agriculture: Coastal Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of coastal rice plantations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries from the National Park Service.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Cet: Africans in America: Arthur Middleton

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson describes the rice cultivation on Arthur Middleton's South Carolina plantation and the importance of slaves to this cultivation. It also offers a description of the Middleton Family. Click on Teacher's guide for teaching...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Slavery

For Teachers 5th
A comprehensive learning module on slavery that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the role of sugar production...
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Primary
University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Of Plymouth Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of William Bradford's essay "History of Plymouth Plantation" written in 1908.
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Interactive
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Plimoth Plantation: You Are the Historian

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
What really happened at the first Thanksgiving? Students will explore different aspects of the harvest celebration in 1621 through an interactive program provided by an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute.
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Handout
Other

Plimoth Plantation: What to Wear?: Wampanoag and Pilgrim Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare the clothing of the Wampanoag people with the English clothing of the Pilgrims in the 1600s. Photographs provide clear images of how they would have dressed.
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Activity
Other

Plimoth Plantation: 1627 English Village

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes what you might see if you make a trip to Plimouth Plantation.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Joel Chandler Harris's "Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths And Legends Of The Old Plantation" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of...
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Plantation Pageants

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Joel Chandler Harris's "Plantation Pageants" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Plantation Bird Legends

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Martha Young's "Plantation Bird Legends" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Joel Chandler Harris's Told By Uncle Remus: New Stories Of The Old Plantation has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
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Other

Antebellum Slavery: Non Plantation Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides information on slave life outside of the traditional plantation life, and discusses slave labor and their occupations.
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Activity
Tennessee History For Kids

Tennessee History for Kids: Carnton Plantation and Carter House

For Students 3rd - 8th
It was the bloodiest five hours in Tennessee history. On November 30, 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee charged into a well-entrenched Union force on the outskirts of the town of Franklin. Wave after wave of men in gray uniforms...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Driver, Making of African American Identity: V. 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Unusual letters from black slave drivers, and in one case, letters in reply from the white slave owner, about crops, labor, and conditions on plantations in the mid-1850s.
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Website
Other

Mangolia Plantation and Its Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Mangolia Plantation and It's Gardens located in Charleston, South Carolina. You can click on the link "The Gardens", and a new page will come up with pictures of the garden and with a description of...

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