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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: Looking at 18th Century Clothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum that provides pictures and explanations of colonial clothing.
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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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Colonial Williamsburg: Christmas in Colonial Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed description of a typical Colonial Virginian Christmas celebration and how it differs from the modern Christmas.
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Colonial Williamsburg: The Randolphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Randolphs, a wealthy family of influence in Colonial America.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Meet the People

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the people of colonial Williamsburg! Content includes a focus on the life of African-Americans, colonial children, tradesmen, and elite members of society. Special focus is also placed on the lives of George & Martha Washington,...
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Charles Cornwallis (1738 1805)

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Cornwallis began his career sympathizing with the colonist's views before the Revolutionary War, but loyalty to the king won out when called upon to suppress the rebellion in America. Learn about major events in his life, battles...
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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: 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: Classroom Tested Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Detailed lesson plans are provided for many colonial Williamsburg happenings.
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Colonial Williamsburg History

For Students 9th - 10th
This page goes directly to the homepage of Colonial Williamsburg, which historically reenacts the life of early English settlement in Virginia.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Reaction to Stamp Act

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan encourages students to analyze primary documents to understand the colonial reaction to Great Britain's tax legislation, specifically the Stamp Act of 1765.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Trades

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes a look at some of the occupations and trades that were part of daily life in the colonies during the 18th Century.
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Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial African American Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a few statistics on slaves in Maryland and Virginia and then contrasts the lives of field hand vs household or urban slaves.
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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 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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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: 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 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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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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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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