American Colonies, 1600--1775 Recommended Internet Resources for Berkeley Unified School District

5th graders World Book Encyclopedia This is an excellent place to begin learning about a topic. World Book Kids has shorter, simpler articles. World Book Student has longer, more developed articles. Especially note:

Plymouth Colony and Pilgrims Wampanoag Indians Thirteen colonies

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Mayflower History by Caleb Johnson

A well­designed site with clear writing and interesting collection of primary sources.

Pilgrim history, including list of provisions pilgrims brought with them Faith and religion of the pilgrims Interesting collection of primary sources Study of Mayflower genealogy

Mary Ann Scheuer, BUSD Library Services created March 2014

Plimoth Plantation ­­ affiliated with the Smithsonian Institute

Virtual Field Trip ­ two 20 minute videos Thanksgiving Interactive ­­ helpful audio along with interactive

features Faith of the pilgrims Wampanoag home site 360* Virtual Tours

re­enactment actors in the Plimoth Colony and Wampanoag home

Colonial Williamsburg This site is full of different resources, including:

Online exhibits: Historic Threads, Coins & Currency, Mapping Colonial America

Weekly podcasts students can listen to (listen to Gowan Pamphlet, free African American pastor; listen to Patrick Henry & Thomas Jefferson on religion)

Learn about different trades in colonial life: slideshows & brief text Meet the people ­ brief profiles of different people African American experience in Williamsburg (images) Role that religion played in the colonies

re­enactment actors in colonial Williamsburg

Mary Ann Scheuer, BUSD Library Services created March 2014

America’s Story: Colonial America from the Library of Congress Provides general overview. Students like the way the information is broken into short chunks, but it uses some advanced vocabulary (“By 1650, however, England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast.”). Direct students to specific stories within this, such as:

Jamestown Was Established Jacques Cartier Sailed Up the St. Lawrence River Mathematician & Astronomer Benjamin Banneker

Library of Congress: Mapping a New Nation Interesting collection of primary source documents, especially maps from the 18th century. But not quite sure if this is right for 5th graders. National Museum of American Indians

Explore online collections from this museum (would require teacher selecting specific items to examine)

Have students play CultureQuest Games on the Infinity of Nations site. Students will like the interactive nature of this, exploring different regions. Definitely requires some reading.

Mary Ann Scheuer, BUSD Library Services created March 2014