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Disciplinary Unit Title: A Journey Through the 13 Colonies

Grade: 5
Title
13 Colonies
Interactive
Standing in the Light:
the Captive Diary of
Catharine Carey Long
If You Lived in
Colonial Times
A History of the
US: Maing
Thirteen Colonies
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The 13 Colonies
The 'e(
Ameri)ans: Colonial
Times: !"*#$!"+,
AuthorIllus
tratorSourc
e
!e" address
http://mrnussbau
m.com/13colonie
s/13int/
Mary Pope Osborne Ann Mco!ern Joy "a#im
"istory Channel/
http://$$$.history
.com/topics/thirtee
n%colonies
&etsy Maestro
#or$at
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$ebsite
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Genre
'n,ormational/
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"istorical ,iction 'n,ormational/
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'n,ormational/
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'n,ormational/
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'n,ormational/
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Su$$ary
This $ebsite
allo$s stu+ents to
interacti!ely learn
about the 13
Colonies.
A .ua#er girl/s +iary
re,lects her e0periences
gro$ing up in the
(ela$are 1i!er *alley
o, Pennsyl!ania an+
her capture by 2enape
'n+ians in 1343.
This boo# gi!es
+etaile+
+escriptions about
the $ays o, li,e in
Colonial America.
A loo# into
Colonial America
through interesting
an+ e0citing
stories that is
highly
recommen+e+ by
the Common Core
5tate 5tan+ar+s ,or
6nglish 2anguage
Arts.
"ere stu+ents $ill
be able to rea+ all
about the thirteen
colonies an+ also
$atch interesting
!i+eos about
speci,ic e!ents an+
#ey topics about
Colonial America.
'n this boo#7 stu+ents
$ill ,in+ +etaile+
illustrations an+
,rien+ly te0ts that
$ill recount the
history o, the ma#ing
o, the thirteen
colonies.
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Title
Give 'e %i"erty !"*+ A)ross the
Continent
-lood on the
.iver: /amesto(n
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AuthorIllus
tratorSourc
e
!e" address
2.M. 6lliott http://$$$.pbs.org/$n
et/colonialhouse/histor
y/
6lisa Carbone
#or$at
Chapter &oo# 'nteracti!e )ebsite Chapter &oo#
Genre
"istorical =iction 'n,ormational/-on,icti
on
"istorical =iction
Su$$ary
13 yr. ol+
-athaniel (unn is
an in+enture+
ser!ant in
colonial *irginia.
This boo#
accounts captures
his +ilemmas
+uring this crucial
time in American
history.
This $ebsite allo$s
stu+ents to e0plore
Colonial America by
ta#ing >ui??es7 buil+ing
colonial houses7
,arming7 e0ploring the
+ress7 $atching
personal accounts7 an+
rea+ing about the
history o, the 13
colonies.
'n this boo#7
stu+ents $ill ,ollo$
along $ith 11 yr.
ol+ 5amuel7 $ho is
Captain John
5mith/s page.
They/ll learn that
there are ne$ things
to be learne+ in
or+er to sur!i!e in
the ne$ $orl+.
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