1.   Web of Interdependence Students learn a lesson about colonial interdependence using a ball of string to illustrate how different jobs and positions in a community are connected.

2.   Interdependence: A Colonial Example With this interdisciplinary approach to teaching about the transition to the New World, students give oral presentations from the perspective of colonial tradesman.

3.   The Instability of a Colonial Economy Students will study the provided primary source document and ask questions of it in order to better understand the state of the economy in pre-Revolutionary Boston.

4.   John Singleton Copley Students will examine and analyze the qualities of John Singleton Copley's portraits of Nathaniel Hurd, visit the Memorial Art Gallery's exhibit, 'About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith' and complete worksheet based on the career of John Singleton Copley as a colonial American artist.

5.   What Can Money Tell Us? Students will study the physical presence, imagery and written text on a reproduction of colonial currency, synthesize their knowledge about colonial American history with their visual observations in order to place the coin within the historical events and collective experiences of early America.

6.   Picturing History Students will observe and compare 18th century British portraits with those made by John Singleton Copley, write a creative story about a person in one of the Memorial Art Gallery's portraits.

7.   Silversmiths Students will examine and analyze culturally significant objects from colonial Boston, construct a story around the life and work of Nathaniel Hurd from a list of keywords excerpted from a passage about Nathaniel Hurd.

1.   A Kid's Work Is Never Done A Kid's Work Is Never Done A Kid's Work Is Never Done Social Studies Students will compare and contrast the lives of eighteenth-century children with their own. What You Need Access to the Internet or reference books containing information about daily life in colonial times. What to Do 1. Ask students to research children's daily life in colonial America. Have them find information about the kinds of chores children had to do each day to help their family household run smoothly. 2. Tell students to draw up two lists: one containing the chores that colonial children did,...

2.   Penmanship in Colonial Schools Lesson Plan : AELP-USH0219 Penmanship in Colonial Schools An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Laura Wolfram Email: lauraw97@yahoo.com Date: October 19, 2003 Grade Level: 2, 3, 4 Subject(s): Social Studies/US History Language Arts/Handwriting Arts Duration: One or two 45-minute sessions Description: Students will discover how children in...

3.   Adventures in Time and Place Grade 4, Chapter 6: Make a Paper Colonial Quilt Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Return to McGraw-Hill Social Studies Adventures in Time and Place Web-Linked Lesson Plans Adventures in Time and Place Grade 4 book Make a Paper Colonial Quilt Connection to Adventures in Time and Place Grade 4 Unit 3: The Northeast Chapter 6: People and Heritage of the Northeast Lesson 2: Paul Revere and the American Revolution Web Link Description The Colonial America Web site presents research by students at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylv...

4.   Colonial Writing Project . FundingFactory: Unlock the Power of Recycling! Homework Lesson Plans Blogs FundingFactory Contact Us Search Lesson Plans Easy Fundraising Ideas 50% Profit Candle Fundraiser Earn Cash by Recycling Colonial Writing Project Author Information Author: FundingFactory Participant - Visit FundingFactory Organization: N/A Email: N/A Lesson Plan Information Subject: Social Studies Category: General Grade Level: Fourth - Fourth Duration: 3 hours Description: Students write a 1-2 page paper about what it is like to liv...

5.   Make a Tradesperson's Sign ...eturn to McGraw-Hill Social Studies Adventures in Time and Place Web-Linked Lesson Plans Adventures in Time and Place Grade 5 book Make a Tradesperson's Sign Connection to Adventures in Time and Place Grade 5 Unit 4: Colonization and Conquest Chapter 9: Life in the 13 English Colonies Lesson 2: The Colonial Economy Web Link Description Explore the depth of resources that Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, has to offer by sampling part of its online exhibit. At Colonial Williamsburg Historical Almanack, online visitors can meet people, see places, experience colonial life, study a colonial time line, and check ou...

6.   Colonial America Diagram . FundingFactory: Unlock the Power of Recycling! Homework Lesson Plans Blogs FundingFactory Contact Us Search Lesson Plans Easy Fundraising Ideas 50% Profit Candle Fundraiser Earn Cash by Recycling Colonial America Diagram Author Information Author: FundingFactory Participant - Visit FundingFactory Organization: N/A Email: N/A Lesson Plan Information Subject: Social Studies Category: General Grade Level: Fifth - Seventh Duration: N/A Description: Students will learn about the first colonist in the New World an...

7.   Patti Knoll, Nash Patti Knoll, Nash 2/19/00 Social Studies - 5^th Grade ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE: To identify the differences between Colonial Life in America and present day life To read basic information about families and individuals in Colonial America To identify with individuals in Colonial America and learn about their lives TECHNOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES: To enter correct URL address To select key pieces of information about Colonial families an...

8.   When Travelers Meet When Travelers Meet When Travelers Meet Language Arts/Social Studies/Performing Arts Students research life in Colonial America then write and stage a play about life in Colonial times. What You Need Reference books about Colonial America Tape and/or video recorder (optional) Costumes (optional) What to Do 1. Invite students to write and put on a play about life in Colonial times. They begin by creating a variety of characte...

9.   Unit 3- Grade 3 Settlement: Everyday Life In Colonial America Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Lesson Plan : CC-0051 Statement Lesson 2: Settlement: Everyday Life In Colonial America Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. set a purpose for learning about the colonial period by generating questions about the economic, social, political, and geographic factors that influenced daily life. 2. work within a cooperative learning group to accomplish a research task. 3. answer ques...

10.   Document Based Question Document Based Question Colonial Community & Technology: Firefighting in Colonial America 4^th-grade students Introduction Directions:  Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction with a thesis Getting Started statement, several paragraphs explaining the thesis, and a conclusion. Analyze the documents and objects. Use eviden...