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Internet Search *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* __Natalie Acosta __ 1. Colonial Kids: A Celebration of Life in the 1700's [] This website provides brief explanations of chores, jobs, school, clothes, and even how their houses are set up. Teachers can use this website to allow children to explore on their own with video clips and how to make things such as rag dolls, games, and candles.

2. Colonial Williamsburg Kid Zone [|http://www.history.org/kids/games] This website is a good tool to use during classroom centers. It allows children to play online games of activities and lifestyles that children of the colonial time would normally do. It is also another tool to use to teach children about historical figures and events in a fun and interactive way.

3. Colonial House: Interactive History [] This website is another interactive site that children can use to further their knowledge on Colonial Times. Children can be a part of an interactive voyage to the New World and can listen or watch video clips of diary entries written by the people of the Colonial Times.

__Vivian Lea__ 1. Colonial Williamsburg [] The Colonial Williamsburg website is a resource for those looking to visitWilliamsburg, or for parents, teachers, and kids to find accurate information about how people lived in Colonial Williamsburg. The website also provides interactive games, activities, and lots of information that is easily accessible.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Plimoth Plantation <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Plimoth” is the original spelling of the place we now know as “Plymouth”. The information provided in this website is as authentic and accurate as the original name implies. On the home page, under the “Learn” tab, are great resources for teachers, parents, and kids to learn about some of the first settlers to theNew World.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Archiving EarlyAmerica <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This website is a collection of primary sources from the Colonial era of American History. It includes documents, maps, portraits, writings, and even music that was popular for the time.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">__Emily Henn__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Colonial Kids ThinkQuest [] This is a site put together by students and contains information about colonial life from the perspective of kids who “lived” during the time. Each article is short, has a glossary for unfamiliar terms and includes videos and activities that relate to the article. The activities all sound like a lot of fun and include crafts, games, recipes, a barn tour and even interviews by the colonial kids asking older “colonists” about life for kids back in colonial times. This site would be great for an internet quest or scavenger hunt as all of the information is easy to navigate and for kids. The best part is that because it focuses on life for kids, it makes connecting with the past even easier.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site [] A fully interactive site, the official site for Williamsburg is as exciting and informative as the actual town. There is so much to do on the site for teachers, parents and kids that it can be a bit overwhelming. Beyond the simple facts, the site includes virtual exhibits, videos, pod casts, lesson plans, activities, games, recipes and a whole lot more. There is even a virtual tour of the town. Every aspect of colonial life can be seen and experienced through the articles, videos, games and activities. This makes this site such a valuable resource. The site also covers every side of the story including the slaves and the Native Americans’ lives and not just the European colonists’ lives. Hours upon hours can be spent on this site and all of it is interactive in some way and makes history come alive.

3. Kid Info: Colonial Life [] Kid Info is mainly a resource site which provides links to information about all different topics about colonial life. The information is all leveled differently but all of the sites are appropriate for kids. This means that this is a great site to provide to students for individual research. The site can also be used for teacher research, as every element of colonial life from money to laws and codes has links to information provided.

4. The Jamestown Online Adventure [] This “online adventure” tests to see if you could do better than the settlers at Jamestown by presenting situations to solve. The results at the end tell whether you did better than the colonists or not by looking at your answers. The results also compare your answers to what the colonists answers were, which involves the social beliefs of the time as well as facts. This type of role-playing like game is really engaging and can be adjusted for older or younger kids by using the actual London Company instructions from back then for help (older) or just not worrying about them (younger). This really makes history come alive in an interactive, technological way that is 100% free.

1. [] Author: David White Summary: Here I found everything from the first colony in America to the food they ate in the colonial times to what games they played.
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2. [] Author: Kk Liegman Summary: This website taught me all about the 13 colonies.

3. [] Summary: This website had a great interactive timeline!