Amusements in Colonial New England
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/amusements.html
This site provides background information about toys and games played in colonial times.

Archiving America
http://earlyamerica.com
Here at Archiving Early America, you will discover a wealth of resources -- a unique array of primary source material from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to this country's forebears more than two centuries ago.

Causes for Colonizing in America
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Egfeldmeth/colchart.html
Short & sweet info.

Colonial America (1492-1763) Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial
Authorative source about colonial America.

Colonial America 1600-1775 K-12 Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/colonial.htm
Explore the Colonial Period of our history through the Internet. You'll find maps, lesson plans, bibliographies and curriculum content materials here.

Colonial Children - Webquest
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM
Your team has been transported back in time to colonial America. You are one of eight children in your family. Your task is to compare your life in this time to your life in the Twentieth Century.

Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org
This site has all kinds of information in their Explore & Learn Link. Take some time to read about life in this era.

Copyright-free images - also have links

Detective - A Colonial Family and America
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html
Go back in time to the Colonial Period and become detectives trying to solve a mystery. You will use maps and clues to solve the puzzle.

First Thanksgiving - ** Easy Level **
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving
This link has wonderful information we could use before Thanksgiving. It is completely interactive with audio available for each section. The students can learn about the differences between the pilgrims and the Native Americans, they can tour the Mayflower or learn about what it was like to live onboard the Mayflower for months, "meeting" the crew and passengers..

Jamestown Online Adventure
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown Jamestown 2007 http://www.jamestown2007.org/kids-jamestown-adventure.cfm
In 1606, some 105 adventurers set off from England to try and establish the first permanent English colony in the New World.Can you do any better than the real colonists? You will have a copy of the London Company's Instructions to help guide you. Also, you can ask your fellow colonists and the Native Americans for advice. Be careful, though, because some advice is better than others!

Letters from the Mayflower **
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/letters.asp
Receive 3 letters from a young child on the Mayflower.

Maps - Rare Map Collection - Colonial America
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
From the University of Georgia.

New England - Mid Atlantic - Southern Colonies
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/tinker/resources.html -
some picture resources

Primary Source Documents - Smithsonian
http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/topic/viewdetailshis.aspx?TopicId=1004
Resources for teaching American History.

Research - 13 Colonies
http://www.mpsomaha.org/sandoz/connections/13_col_org.htm
Build information for a PowerPoint using this site to organize your information.

Soap
http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html
Read the information about the history of soap. This is a very detailed site describing the history of soap, and includes a very detailed recipe to help you make their own, with your teacher's help!

Thinkquest - Colonial Kids : A Celebration of Life in the 1700s
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F
Hi! We're Colonial Kids! We live here in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Like many others, we are starting a new life in a new country . We have lots of interesting details to share with you about how we live.

Virtual Tour of Plimouth Plantation
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm
Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation was the first permanent European settlement in southern New England (AD 1620). Today, this area is the site of a living museum, dedicated to recreating 17th - century lifeways in the New World.

Virtual Jamestown
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
In 1607, early settlers produced the first permanent English settlement in America. Native Americans hunted and camped in the area of Jamestown Island when the English arrived. In 1619 the first Africans arrived. Now three peoples with dissimilar power and resources shared the same physical landscape. Virtual Jamestown is the story of their encounters, the legacies of these encounters, and how these legacies continue to shape America today.