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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

All About the Boston Tea Party
Make a Three-Cornered Hat
Colonial Times – Everyday Things
The King's M & M's: The Stamp Act
Unite or Die: How 13 States Became a Nation Reader's Theater
Boston Tea Party
Native American Indian Crafts
More Popular Colonial Times Printables

Quizzes

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

Art, Music, & Drama Activities

Designing a Quilt Pattern
Paper Weaving Instructions
Paper Weavings
Then and Now
What Was a One-Room Schoolhouse?
A Thanksgiving Quilt
Thanksgiving Placemats
Make a Dried Bouquet
Music Truths: I Cannot Tell a Lie

Thanksgiving Activities

Pilgrim Fact Cards
Of Plymouth Plantation Excerpt
Of Plymouth Plantation
Pilgrim Unit (7 lessons)
Colonial New England Food & Cooking
Planning for the Voyage - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 1 of 7)
Sarah Morton's Day, Samuel Eaton's Day, & Tapenum's Day
More Popular Thanksgiving Activities for Social Studies

Native-American Heritage

Life in Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (lesson 6 of 7)
Indian Pudding
American Indians Today
Indians and Pilgrims
The First Winter - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 4 of 7)
The First Thanksgiving - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 5 of 7)
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet
More Native-American Heritage Resources

Lesson Plans

The Declaration of Sentiments & Your Rights
Indentured Servants
The Era of Thomas Jefferson
Communities: Past and Present
Colonial American Gazette
Aboard the Mayflower - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 2 of 7)
William Bradford's Mayflower Passenger List
More Colonial Times Lesson Plans

References

17th-Century Pastimes and Sports
Declaration of Independence
Crispus Attucks
Brief History of Thanksgiving
The Mayflower Compact
More Colonial Times References

Articles

Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700
Articles of Confederation
My Brother Sam Is Dead
American Revolution Books by Jean Fritz
Site of the Boston Massacre
Abigail Adams Writes a Letter
Jean Fritz's American History Books
More Colonial Times Articles

Language Arts Activities

Colonial School Vocabulary
Colonial Times: Heritage Handwriting
Readers Theater Script: Johnny Tremain
Reading Warm-Up 104 for Gr. 3 & 4: Historical Fiction
Slaughterhouse-Five Projects
Reading Warm-Up 45 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Slaughterhouse-Five Short Answer
More Language Arts Activities for Colonial Times

Biographies

Learn About Paul Revere
William Bradford Biography

Foods from Colonial Times

Colonial New England Food & Cooking
Thanksgiving Menu: Then & Now
Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet
Cranberry-Nut Bread
Hasty Pudding

American Revolution Resources

Women Following Washington's Army: Washington Hypotheses
Women Following Washington's Army
The Early Congresses
African-Americans in the Revolutionary War
Give Me Liberty Reading Guide
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. 1 Discussion Guide
More Popular American Revolution Resources

Colonization Resources

Choosing Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 3 of 7)
Pilgrim Children - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 7 of 7)
America Is Named
Daily Journal Topics: Early American Life
Reading Warm-Up 102 for Gr. 3 & 4: Historical Fiction
Reading Warm-Up 103 for Gr. 3 & 4: Historical Fiction
More Colonization Resources

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