Rational
The
purpose of this web page is to learn more about life, people and
events in America
during the earliest days of our country.
Related
Web Sites
Every day life
Social
Studies for Kids
- this site tells about food in
colonial days and has links to information about the farming, religion
and education of that day. Check out this web site
Plimothplantation.com to
learn about what the Pilgrims ate on Thanksgiving
Day. The early colonists had many trades
to make a living and to support their communities.
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Colonial
Attire
Clothing
in
Colonial times is discussed on this web site discussing early American
history.
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This
site has formation about clothing for
all ages.
Patterns
to make early american clothing can be found on the internet
at amazon.com.
Literature About People in Colonial America
There are many historical figures
associated with early America, from Christopher Columbus to Chief
Powahtan, Poncahontas, Capt. John Smith, King Charles V, Virginia Dare,
William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere and George Washington who
led the troops against the British in the fight for independence from
England.
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Factual
historical books
about some of the famous figures and events of colonial
times have been
written by author Jean Fritz.
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Activities
I.
The students
will learn
how to and make food recipes from colonial days.
Procedure:
Students
will be
broken up into groups of 3 or 4. Each group will select a recipe
to make from the linked
website,"Theme, Life in Early America".
The students will bring in the ingredients for the recipe.
Students
will assemble the ingredients and complete directions on recipe to make
the selected item, The recipes to chose from are: Butter, hotcakes,
applesauce and shawnee cake.
Product:
Students will have prepared and eaten food
that was prepared as it was in colonial times.
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2. The students will learn
about the
clothing worn during colonial times.
Procedure:
They will
make a tricorn
hat as stated in the instruction on this web page.
Product:
The
students will wear a hat as was worn in colonial days.
3.
The students will read a book about a historical colonial figure
or
event.
Procedure
The class will break up into groups to form
literature circles.
The books they will choose from are: The Double Life of
Pocahontas,
Who's That Stepping On Plymouth Rock? , Where Do You Think You're Going
Christopher Columbus? and Why not Lafayette? and were written by Jean Fritz.
Product:
After four weeks in which the groups have completed their book
and
literature circles, each group will make presentations to the class.
These presentations will include a book quilt, a museum, a
collage and
an open mind portrait.
Software Programs
Title
of software program: _Excel___________________________
Published
by: ____Microsoft_________________________
Explain
how the software can be used with this topic to enhance learning.
Excel is a program that uses graphs to sort data. This would be a
good way to teach students about Colonial America using a time line.
After studying a certain period of time, i.e. 100 years, they could
graph the important events on a time l ine.
Evaluate
the software. This is a very useful tool for developing graphs
for many subjects. What problems can one anticipate when using this
program.
It does take a little practice in using the grid.
Title
of software program: Microsoft Word Paint
Program____________________________
Published
by:___Microsoft__________________________
Explain
how the software can be used with this topic to enhance learning.
The students could use this program to paint a picture of their choice
about life in colonial America.
Evaluate
the software. This is an excellent program for art work. What
problems can one anticipate when using this program.
It takes time for the student to get used to using the mouse to paint
the picture.
Title of sotfware program: Corel Word Perfect
Office XP
Published by: Corel
Explain how the software can be used with this topic to enhance
learning.
This software has everything a teacher needs to develop teaching aids
like documents, spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations.
Evaluate the software. It is an excellent program.What problems can one
anticipate when using this program. This program is only available to
professional organizations such as schools, libraries, museums.
Title of software program: Teachers-pet.org
Published by: British Broadcasting Company
Explain how the software can be used with this topic to enhance
learning.
This program can be used to develop crossword puzzles, flashcards, and
sentence lists.
Evaluate the software. It is good.
What problems can one anticipate when using this program. The user must
have microsoft word to use it.
Title of Software program: SchoolExpress.com
Published by: Comp Ed.
Explain how the software can be used with this topic to enhance
learning.
This site provides many aids such as worksheets on historical places
and the Presidents, other learning acitivities and links to free
software.
I could not see any problems with this program.
More information on valuable websites. Click on the icon for a direct
link to the site.
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Scholastic.com
is a great site
for teachers and parents. It has lesson plans, teaching
strategies and tools for the teacher. It has links for kids and books
for parents to peruse for their child.
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This
site has a timeline about
food. The timeline covers time from ice and water until 1983. It also
has links to other informational sites about food.
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This site has
so much
information for teachers I can't list them. There is also a page for
parents and families.
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This site has
great information
for teachers and families.
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