Colonial America Web Research

To find the Project description, committee responsibilities, and timeline, click HERE for Mrs. Ormsby's website.

Miscellaneous Sites (General Information and Hyperlink Sites):

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/TeacherNet/Colonial.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb
• Use colonial and revolutionary links

http://www.history.org
• Colonial Williamsburg site.

http://www.earlyamerica.com
• “Notable Women” link very helpful

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/colonial/
• Childish, but great links for home life and arts and crafts

http://www.ushistory.org/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294965/posts

American Colonist's Diary--a huge collection primary sources documents on the Colonial period; it is not very well organized but has lots of information. Be patient!

Clothing Sites

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/dress_up_flash.html
• 17th century clothing

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm
• Do “Dressing the Part”

http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/index.html

Biographies and Government

http://www.colonialhall.com
• Information on the founding fathers (and their wives)

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration
• Information on the founding fathers

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html
• Click on “Meet the Founding Fathers”

http://www.nationwide.net/~amaranth/billings.htm
• Information about colonial male musicians

http://www.native-languages.org/languages.htm#alpha
• Information about Native American cultures, divided by tribe

Library Resources

a. Gale Student Resource Center

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cinc48953

From home: Password:cinc48953

b. World Book Encyclopedia Online

http://www.infohio.org

From home:user ID infohio; password: explore

i. Resources for grades 9-12
1. American National Biography
2. Annals of American History
3. World Book Encyclopedia Online

c. TO SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOG FOR BOOKS, CLICK HERE! The general Colonial America books will be on reserve for you, but biographies about your specific person will not.

Some additional resources:

Student Resource Center-Gold- Look under Classroom Topics: American History to find reference articles on Colonial America. This site has especially good information on 18th century medicine. FROM HOME: User name: CINC48953; password: cinc_log

Colonial Life 1600-1776- a megasite with links to information on Colonial cooking, arts, music, dance, role of women, medicine, and many others. The emphasis is information that you can use to re-enact Colonial era activities.

Colonial Williamsburg- The main website for this living replica of Colonial life; especially good for food and recipes, although you will need to search for "recipes" under the internal site search engine.

Colonial America Links- An enormous collection of good weblinks, organized by subject.

Colonial Life and Early America- Good information on everyday life in Colonial America; you will need to supplement information from this site with books, since it is mainly aimed at younger students.

Colonial America Resource Page- The Web resource center for a college course on Colonial America; good links to original documents, especially newspapers, from colonial times. This site is slow to load: be patient!

Multnomah County Public Library: Homework Center- This is a wonderful guide to the "best of the Web" from the Portland, OR Public Library. Check out the section on Costumes of the 18th Century (scroll UP to get to the "18th Century" costume section and Colonial America.