Find out about the original thirteen colonies of the United States, and then complete the word search activity.

Presents the complete text of the Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress which included fourteen resolutions and was accompanied by several petitions denying Parliament's authority to tax the thirteen colonies.

Learn some quick facts about each of the original thirteen English colonies.

[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.

Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.

Primary resource material on the ideas, scientific and religious, of the colonial period from 1690 to 1730.

A map of the thirteen colonies at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, showing major cities and towns, the Great Lakes, mountains, rivers, and coastline.

After studying the 13 original colonies students will create their own colonies in cooperative groups. This will help students understand the difficulties the colonist had to endure in learning to work together. Students will have to...

This brief, multiple choice quiz, is a great way to wrap up a unit on the thirteen colonies. Click "check answers" at the bottom to view questions you answered correctly.

Play this interactive game to test your knowledge of the original thirteen colonies. Can you find them on a map?

A large collection of high-quality resources for learning and teaching about the Thirteen English Colonies. The main page outlines examples of student project possibilities. There are individual pages for primary resources, people from...

Interactive adjunct to the popular PBS series Colonial House, which follows the efforts of modern-day families attempting to live as early colonists in seventeenth-century Maine, focuses on the language and expressions common to that...

Learn what it was like to live as a settler in the Thirteen Colonies through this page with accessible text and multi-media features.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the characteristics and lifestyle of the original thirteen colonies. Interactive maps, graphic organizers and student assessment items are included.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart includes information and maps of the original thirteen colonies and describes the characteristics of the three regions involved-- Northeast, Middle and Southern. Questions to check for...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an overview of the original 13 colonies, including information about the individual colonies, fun facts, an interactive quiz and maps.

Webisode 3 - Liberty for All? The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.

After learners have researched one of the thirteen original colonies, they will be asked to present a flyer encouraging others to come settle in their assigned colony. Oral presentations to the class must be accompanied by a written...

A lesson plan based on the PBS program, Colonial House, which aired in 2004. The program is available on DVD and the link to the activity is still available. This lesson plan explores why ordinary people left their homes in Europe to...

Comprehensive information about the colonial period of American History. Includes information about New England, colonies, government, people, The French and Indian War, and the Salem Witch Trials.

This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about the development of regions in the Thirteen Colonies.

How did we go from thirteen British colonies to the United States of America? Explore the major hardships of life under British rule, how the colonists decided to break away, and how they set a path for a new and independent government....

Young scholars will explore the differences among the three colonial regions of New England, Mid-Atlantic/Middle, and the Southern colonies. In small groups for each region, students will observe and note details of pictures, maps, and...

A lesson plan for helping students remember the names of the the original thirteen American colonies.