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University of Alberta

Atlas of Alberta Railways: Alberta's Early Non Indigenous Settlers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early non-indigenous settlement in the Alberta region. Information on the settlers themselves is provided as well as maps showing the growth in both...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Letter to Grandmother [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Letter to Grandmother" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a family of early settlers who moved west. A girl writes a letter to her grandmother telling her about their new life on the plains. It is followed by...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Letter to Grandmother [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
"Letter to Grandmother" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a family of early settlers who moved west. A boy writes a letter to his grandmother telling her about their new life on the plains. It is followed by...
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Illinois Pioneers and Prairies [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Illinois Pioneers and Prairies" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about life in the prairies of Illinois for the early settlers including their hard work, setting up governments, building schools, and making laws. It is...
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Curated OER

Early Setters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Early Setters
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Boy Settlers: A Story of Early Times in Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Noah Brooks's The Boy Settlers: A Story Of Early Times In Kansas has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Memorial Hall Museum: Wells Thorn House: 1600 1740: Early Colonial Style

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful tool for investigating an early type of American colonial architecture based on English post-medieval style. Roll over the photograph of the oldest wing of the Wells-Thorn House to isolate architectural design elements and learn...
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Early Settlements: Quiz (2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This 10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and includes a variety of questions covering early settlement of the New England colonies.
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Early Settlements: Quiz (3)

For Students 9th - 10th
This 10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and includes a variety of questions covering early settlement of Colonial America.
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The Norse Settlers in the New World

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a time line of the events of the Viking voyages to Canada. Identifies different events that occurred during this time period of early Viking exploration.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Land of Opportunity: Heritage Trails

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of audio and text files that describes Alberta's early history as the west is opened for settlement. Included are the stories about the great migration of immigrants from all over Europe, Asia and North America who...
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Manitoba Historical Society: Peguis Friend of the Pale Face

For Students 3rd - 8th
The life of Chief Peguis is profiled. He tried tomake peace between the white settlers and the threatened aboriginal peoples.A tall granite monument of Chief Peguis was erected in Kildonan Park in Winnipeg where he had often visited the...
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Maison Saint Gabriel: A Present From the Past

For Students 9th - 10th
Tour a Montreal museum, Maison Saint-Gabriel, to learn the history of this city and of New France and Quebec from the 16th century on. See how early settlers lived. Teachers will appreciate the comprehensive word list for elementary...
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Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful site that takes you on a tour of the history of Illinois! You are treated to pictures of such things as early prairie household objects and stories of early settlers - and much, much, more!
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Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful site that takes you on a tour of the history of Illinois! You are treated to pictures of such things as early prairie household objects and stories of early settlers - and much, much, more!
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Charleston Community History

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent example of a Community History. Includes the origin of the community, the plan for settlement, early settlers, religions, important buildings, history through the years, events, and plans for the future.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Building a Sod House

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ready to be an early settler on the plains? While playing this interactive game, you'll get to build your own sod house ..if ..you have the right answers.
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The Roman World 509 b.c. To a.d. 180

For Students 9th - 10th
This narrative site provides great overview to life in ancient Rome and Roman history. The geography, early settlers, Roman monarchy, Roman conquest of Italy are all mentioned.
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Winthrop Society

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Winthrop Society find information on the early settlers of Massachusetts, the ships that brought them to America, the documents that the colonists lived by, and the Great Migration of Puritans to the New World.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Early Settlers in New England

For Students 3rd - 8th
A scene of early English colonists, or Pilgrims, in snow.
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University of Western Ontario: Early Writing in Canada: Catharine Parr Traill

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts of letters written by Catharine Parr Traill, which she collected and published, along with her journals, in The Backwoods of Canada (1836). In these excerpts, she writes about her arrival in Newfoundland and a journey to Quebec.
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Agriculture in the Classroom Sask: Early Days: Homesteaders

For Students 2nd - 8th
A broad view of life as a pioneer or homesteader in the prairie lands of the United States or Canada in the 19th century. Learn about the work and play of pioneer families, and how their towns developed.
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University of California

The Bancroft Library: Images of Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
These artworks are visual interpretations of Native Americans through the eyes of American settlers. Follow a timeline from 1500-1900 to see the perceptions of Native Americans of the white settlers at that time.
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Manitobia Life and Times: Immigration and Settlement 1870 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
The immigration and settlement of early Manitobais profiled. The government's policy, treaties, the waves of incoming settlers, and the role played by women are each reviewed in detailed.

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