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Colonial Times Teacher Resources

Take your students on a journey back in time with these colonial lessons, printables, quizzes, and more! Immerse them in this historic period as they learn about indentured servants, Thanksgiving traditions, and Native American heritage. Look below for social studies, history, and language arts resources on the Pilgrims, colonization, and events leading up to the American Revolution.

Printables

Make a Three-Cornered Hat
All About the Boston Tea Party
The King's M & M's: The Stamp Act
Colonial Times – Everyday Things
Colonial Hidden Meanings
The Original Thirteen States Crossword
Native American Indian Crafts
More Popular Colonial Times Printables

Quizzes

Native Americans Quiz
American Colonies Quiz
Early America Quiz
Anasazi and Plains Indians Quiz

Art, Music, & Drama Activities

Designing a Quilt Pattern
Unite or Die: How 13 States Became a Nation Reader's Theater
Paper Weaving Instructions
Paper Weavings
Make a Dried Bouquet
Then and Now
A Thanksgiving Quilt
Thanksgiving Placemats
What Was a One-Room Schoolhouse?
Music Truths: I Cannot Tell a Lie

Thanksgiving Activities

Of Plymouth Plantation Excerpt
Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons)
Pilgrim Fact Cards
Colonial New England Food & Cooking
William Bradford's Mayflower Passenger List
The First Winter - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 4 of 7)
A Pilgrim Conversation
More Popular Thanksgiving Activities for Social Studies

Native-American Heritage

Life in Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (lesson 6 of 7)
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet
A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives
American Indians Today
Indians and Pilgrims
Indian Pudding
More Native-American Heritage Resources

Lesson Plans

The Declaration of Sentiments & Your Rights
Aboard the Mayflower - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 2 of 7)
Colonial New England Food & Cooking
Choosing Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 3 of 7)
Pilgrim Children - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 7 of 7)
Communities: Past and Present
Planning for the Voyage - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 1 of 7)
More Colonial Times Lesson Plans

References

17th-Century Pastimes and Sports
Declaration of Independence
The Mayflower Compact
Crispus Attucks
Colonial Population Estimates
More Colonial Times References

Articles

Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700
Declaration of Independence – Videos & Activities
Articles of Confederation
My Brother Sam Is Dead
American Revolution Books by Jean Fritz
Of Plymouth Plantation
Abigail Adams Writes a Letter
More Colonial Times Articles

Language Arts Activities

Colonial Times: Heritage Handwriting
Slaughterhouse-Five Projects
Colonial School Vocabulary
Pilgrim Rebus
American History Reading Warm-Up 41 for Gr. 3 & 4: Boston Tea Party
Thanksgiving Word Hunt
Old Sturbridge Village Vocabulary
More Language Arts Activities for Colonial Times

Biographies

Learn About Paul Revere
Jean Fritz's American History Books
The Era of Thomas Jefferson
William Bradford Biography

Foods from Colonial Times

Thanksgiving Menu: Then & Now
Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet
Cranberry-Nut Bread
Hasty Pudding

American Revolution Resources

Boston Tea Party
The Early Congresses
Women Following Washington's Army: Washington Hypotheses
Colonial American Gazette
Readers Theater Script: Johnny Tremain
Women Following Washington's Army
Site of the Boston Massacre
More Popular American Revolution Resources

Colonization Resources

America Is Named
The First Thanksgiving - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 5 of 7)
Daily Journal Topics: Early American Life
Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up 103 for Gr. 3 & 4: Patrick Henry
Reading Warm-Up 45 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up 104 for Gr. 3 & 4: George Washington
Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up 102 for Gr. 3 & 4: The Mayflower
More Colonization Resources

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