A fairly comprehensive look at the uses and misuses of the grammatical element "the colon" in English punctuation. Includes information and several examples.

In addition to explaining what colon cancer is, this competetent site delves into the symptoms, tests, and treatments associated with this disease that accounts for 11% of all cancer deaths.

Refer to this short article if you need help with using semicolons or colons. There are several examples of both correct and incorrect usage, as well as a clear explanation of the difference.

A detailed lesson plan depicting life in the early American colonies.

The use of the colon with formal appositives is explained, with examples.

This brief article provides basic information about the views and goals of the American Colonization Society.

Describes the beginning of the slow process of colonizing the Mississippi Region.

A review of the book, Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement, published in 2011, and written by Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page.

Describes the clash of cultures among the different groups living in Texas between 1821 and 1836, in the lead-up to Texas independence.

An explanation of how to use parallel structure in lists.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the lost colony of Roanoke. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Valley Forge and the American Revolution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Revolutionary War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the thirteen original colonies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the creation of the Declaration of Independence. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

During European colonization, how did the French, Spanish, and Dutch view the Native Americans and how did their interaction differ? What affect did their interaction have on colonization?

A brief look at the declaration of independence from Mexico by Texas in 1836, the removal of restrictions on slavery, and how this dramatically increased the population and led to a much greater reliance on the cotton industry in the...

For a variety of reasons, those who came to settle the early colonies sought a new homeland. Puritans, for example, established several settlements in Massachusetts. These English colonists were a pious, self-disciplined people who...

This resource discusses two uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each use.

Introduce yourself to the De Leon's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas in the United States established by Martin De Leon in 1824. De Leon was one of the several impresarios in Texas who was granted colonization...

In the mid-1700s, the control of Florida moved back and forth between the Spanish and English. Learn about the historic events which contributed to this through this resource.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Paul Revere's ride and the beginning of the Revolutionary War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Discusses the cotton economy in the Lower and Upper South of Texas in the 1800s, and the role transportation played in its growth, or lack thereof in some regions. Wheat was more widely grown in the Upper South where the yeomen farmed.

Learn about the Eurpoean colonization of America.