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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCongressional Committees and the Legislative Process
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis lesson from EDSITEment introduces students to the pivotal role that Congressional committees play in the legislative proces...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJamestown Changes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, HumanitiesIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English se...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlave Narratives: Constructing U.S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students research narratives from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore daily life and its influences in the late 1700s for two families in different ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEscaping Slavery: "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt"
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses the picture book "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson and an interact...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReliving History Through Slave Narratives
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, United States History, History-Social Science, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students read narratives from former slaves that were recorded in the 1930's as part of the Federal Wri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding the Salem Witch Trials
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this EDSITEment lesson, students study the 1692 witchcraft trials held in the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts. Stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMapping Colonial New England: Looking at the Landscape of New England
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students learn how Puritans interacted with Native Americans, and how to gain information about ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWilliam Penn's Peaceable Kingdom
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students juxtapose the different promotional tracts of William Penn and David Pastorius to under...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Perspectives: Reading and Writing About Slavery
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students critically explore the moral issues of slavery and the perspectives held by slaves ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First Great Awakening
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine primary documents from the mid-18th century, and are ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCalifornia H/SS Course Model- The Colonial Era
Grades: 5Subjects: History-Social ScienceThis California H/SS Course Model helps Students understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evo...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReligion and the Founding of the American Republic
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceReligion and the Founding of the American Republic examines the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, i...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSan Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, Native Peoples, United StatesSan Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas explores a group of 18th-century missions in modern San Antonio to learn about ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, Economics, United StatesBethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America looks at this area (along the Lehigh River) that became the c...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSavannah, Georgia: The Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, United StatesSavannah, Georgia: The Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning describes the establishing of Georgia as a colony in America and...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, United StatesThe Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England examines the life and times of the Reverend Joseph Bellamy ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Immigration and Migration, Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, United StatesTinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor is a lesson in which students use primary sources to determine why Europeans settlers were drawn ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSalem: Witchcraft Hysteria
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, Electives, PsychologyWhat would you do if you were accused of witchcraft? Learn about the Salem witch trials in this National Geographic interactive ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJamestown's Economy
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from The Virtual Jamestown Project, University of Virginia, students learn about the economy of Jamestown. Stude...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0