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American
History
Liberty
Kids Movies
Liberty Kids- Making a
Newspaper
Chrocicles
of the Revolution (newspaper
models)
Liberty
Kids Activities
Yahooligans
Colonial Times
American
History Stories
27 classic stories of early America written by
early Americans for children under 12. These
stories reflect the prejudices of their
times.
Encarta
History
American
Memory
History
Clip Art
History
Photos and Art
Name
That President
Think you know what the presidents looked like?
Look at the picture of each President and click
on his name.
Flags
of the United States
These images are here for you to enjoy, or to
use as free U.S. flag clip art. We hereby give
you permission to use the clip art in any way
you want, except redistributing the images in
another format or clip art gallery.
This
Nation
A good overview of American History, original
sources, pictures and a planned community to
discuss politics. High school level
civics.
US
History.org
A virtual field trip through historic sites
primarily in Philadelphia. You can actually
experience Town Criers crying. [Note this
site is blocked by some filters because it
speaks of people getting killed, presumably in
wars. <sigh>]
Interactive
Constitution
Based on The
Words We Live By : Your Annotated Guide to
the Constitution
by Linda R. Monk.
Town
Hall Historical Documents
Want to read the original documents? Magna
Carta, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation
Proclamation, and many more.
Pilgrims
History
of Thanksgiving
From the History Channel:
Indians
and Colonists
Primitive man is believed to have arrived in
Narragansett basin in the late Pleistocene,
about 6500 B.C. From then until the English
colonists came, fishing and hunting and local
water transportation in dugout canoes were the
primary uses.
Mayflower
Web Pages
Possibly the most complete site for source
documentation, especially great for those
tracing family trees.
Pilgrims'
1621 Thanksgiving
Includes list of foods that were available to
the Pilgrims at that time.
Plimoth
on the Web
Take a Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation if you
can't visit the museum in person.
Colonial
Times
Colonial
Towns
Colonial
House
PBS Show Spring 2004. Explore these pages to
learn about the project -- and check in for
new features on the colonists and the colony
every month!
Colonial
Williamsburg
Be history explorer. Meet the people and
experience colonial life in early
America.
Old
Sturbridge Village Kids
Club
Crafts, puzzles and games to enjoy online. A
club with a newsletter you can join for a
small fee.
Virtual
Jamestown
Loads of original resources making this a
site for advanced students and folks
researching their family history.
Education
Education
For Boys and Girls
The primary education of upper class children
in colonial days included reading, writing,
simple math, poems, and prayers. Paper and
textbooks were scarce so boys and girls
recited their lesssons until they memorized
them.
Life
in Colonial Times
Children were homeschooled unless their
parents were seen as unfit, and only then
were the children taken from the home to be
apprenticed elsewhere.
Schooling,
Education, and Literacy, In Colonial
America
See a real Hornbook and New England Primer.
See a view of the Dame School. Link into even
more information about early schools,
educational material, and laws.
Games
& Toys
Apple
Dolls
Apple Dolls are folk dolls originating from
early rural America when settlers made dolls
from whatever was at hand. Apple dolls are
made by carving a face in an apple and drying
it. Due to the different effects drying
produces, no two dolls are alike.
Colonial
Children's Leisure Time and
Games
One popular outdoor game was rolling the
hoop. Another fun game was nine pins, which
is similar to bowling. Children had sack
races and played tag, quoits, marbles,
hopscotch, leapfrog, and Blindman's
Buff.
Early
American History Interactive Crossword
Puzzle
Here's your chance to test your knowledge of
early American history.
How
to make a Whirligig
This 18th century toy is easy to make and
endless fun if your nintendo is broken
down.
Recipes
Everything
You Always Wanted to Know About
Cranberries
Not only did Native Americans teach European
settlers to enjoy the wild turkey meat, they
also showed them that the cranberry's tart
nature could be sweetened by boiling and
adding maple syrup.
The
First Independence Day
Joshua and Laurie used dried strawberries and
fresh blueberries to make what they called
their "Independence Day shortcake," Joshua
made nut sweetmeats, and all the children
helped pick the blueberries.
The
History of Maple Syrup in
America
Like the Indians, from whom they learned the
art, the first settlers gashed the trees,
collected and boiled the sap, and made their
own sugar in their own back yards.
Preparing
Snacks Using Colonial
Recipes
Here are the cookie recipes that we use in
the Hands on History Workshops. These are
adapted from colonial recipes.
American
Revolution
The
American Revolution
Event by event you can find out what happened
during the Revolution.
The
Declaration of
Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness.
Early
America
Great sites
Kids'
Page at Valley Forge
You may not have thought of George Washinton
as a particularly fun guy. You will after
visiting this site! (Also some serious
history pages as well.) [Note: site
blocked by some filters because humans are
injured.]
Liberty!
The story of the American Revolution---two
and a half decades of debate and rebellion,
war and peace. It begins in the aftermath of
the French and Indian War and ends with the
creation of the Constitution.
Multimedia.
The
Life of George Washington -- The
Movie
This 35-minute internet film spans the
illustrious career of George Washington from
his birth at Bridges Creek, Virginia, to his
death at Mount Vernon. Helps to have a
high-speed connection.
Paul
Revere House
We visited this house when my daughter was
10. She asked and found out that the house
had no barn, and Paul had borrowed a horse
for his famous ride, and could not re-enter
to Boston to return it.
Paul
Revere's Ride
Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
Revolutionary
War
On this site you can see the major events
leading up to and over the course of the
American Revolutionary War. Teachers Guide
available.
A
Revolutionary Webquest
Key events, people, battles, and more
vignettes mostly from an encyclopedia or
two.
Sybil
Ludington
There is no extravagance in comparing her
ride with that of Paul Revere and its
midnight message. By daybreak, thanks to her
daring, nearly the whole regiment was
mustered before her father's house at
Fredricksburgh, and an hour or two later was
on the march for vengeance on the
raiders.
Virtual
Marching Tour of the American Revolutionary
War
The Philadelphia Campaign of the American
Revolotionary War. Come follow along!
Lewis
& Clark
Expedition
Discovering
Lewis & Clark
The centerpiece of Discovering Lewis
and Clark® is a nineteen-part
synopsis of the expedition's story by
historian Harry W. Fritz, illustrated with
selections from the journals of the
expedition, photographs, maps, animated
graphics, moving pictures, and sound
files.
Go
West Across America with Lewis &
Clark
Wild rivers. Rugged mountains. An unknown
continent to explore. This great American
expedition will face them all. And they
need your help on this incredible
adventure. National Geographic.
Historic
Steps of Lewis &
Clark
You'll face six major decisions that
affected the outcome of the Lewis and
Clark' expedition. Choose the right
answers and you'll reach the end of the
trail where you can register for a prize.
US Weekend.
Lewis
& Clark: Interactive Journey
Log
When Thomas Jefferson dispatched Lewis and
Clark to find a water route across North
America and explore the uncharted West, he
expected they'd encounter woolly mammoths,
erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure
salt. What they found was no less
surprising. National Geographic.
Lewis
& Clark: The Journey of the Corps of
Discovery
Think you can lead the Lewis and Clark
expedition? An excellent site to help you
discover the west along with Lewis &
Clark. PBS.
Lewis
and Clark Expedition Web Cam
Site
Web cam and photographs of the Traverlers'
Rest area of Montana, including Lolo Peak,
a culturally scarred tree, and the
Bitterroot River.
Sacagawea
Sacagawea
From captive to Indian interpreter to a
true American legend. Slow-loading 19th
century photos, original documents, and
text from Expedition logs are worth your
wait! By Bonnie "Spirit Wind-Walker"
Butterfield (Cherokee/Mohawk/Dutch)
Sacajawea
From her tribe's point of view, the Lemhi
Shoshone. Banished from their homeland in
1907 and seeking to return ever since, the
Sacajawea's people the Lemhi-Shoshone
create a dilemma for the nation.
Documents
Letter
from President Thomas
Jefferson
"To Meriwether Lewis, esquire, captain of
the first regiment of infantry of the
United States of America..." Site includes
journal entries.
Field
Trips
Follow
in the Footsteps of Lewis &
Clark
The Sierra Club takes you on a virtual
field trip of the regions explored by
Lewis & Clark.
Lewis
& Clark National Historic
Trail
Most of the trail follows the Missouri
& Columbia Rivers. Much has changed in
200 years but trail portions remain
intact.
Travelers'
Rest State Park
At this place, Old Toby instructed them to
rest themselves and their horses and to
make preparations for the difficult
mountain crossing ahead.
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