Global Citizens Colonial Tavern Project

Mr. Cutaiar (Social Studies) & Mrs. Messner (English)
7th Grade Stafford Middle School, Plattsburgh NY
Copyright © Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2005
Copyright © Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2005

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Working Files

Your Assignment

Letter for Parents

Research Worksheet

Revision Checklist

Rubric

Website Evaluation Guide

Diaries Outline

Diaries Outline Page 2

Diaries Mini-lesson

Virginia Company Lyrics

Creating Your Bibliography with:
M.L.A. Style

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Articles

First Thanksgiving

Colonial Cooking

Colonial Learning

Columbian Exchange

Hessians

Indigo

Plants of the New World

Religious Freedom

Tobacco

Farming in the South

Slavery in Colonial North America

 

 
 
 

Colonial America – Web Resources

Colonial Williamsburg Resources

http://www.history.org/

Education in the Colonies

http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html

KidInfo Collection of Colonial Resources

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html

18th Century Primary Source Documents from Yale

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/18th.htm

Educational Resources from Stratford Hall Plantation

http://www.stratfordhall.org/index.html?EDUCATION

Suffolk County NY collection of Colonial Sites

http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcsscolonial.html

Colonial America Resources – A HUGE collection, organized by topic

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

Sirs Discoverer Database: Excellent Articles and graphics from more than 1,600 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents.

http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=1054518
password=11364

Look Here for General Information about Your Colony

Ask Mr. Puschak for the password for home access

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Colonial Life Video Clips (These are presently disabled)

Average Southern House Georgia Government Philadelphia Tobacco Plantations
Building Homes Hardships Philadelphia Life Trade
Charleston Indentured Servants Puritans Triangle Trade
Corn & Tobacco Indentured Servants & Slaves Rasing Animals Virginia: Governor's Palace
Daily Chores
Livestock Religion Wash Tobacco Plantation
Diversity Massachusetts Rice Plantations  
Education & Leisure Mount Vernon Plantation Slave Quarters  
Farm Life New England Economy Slavery  
Franklin New York Slaves  
Gardens, Food & Medicine Patroon System Smokehouse & Diary  

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Additional Resources

African-American Experience

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/Af_Amer/aalife.cfm

Africans in America Web site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/narrative_txt.html

The Growth of Slavery in North America

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr5_txt.html

Religion and Slavery

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr2.html

Life during the 18th-Century: Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm

Trades in Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm

Apothecary Gunsmith
Basketmaker Miller
Blacksmith Milliner
Brickmaker Printer & Binder
Cabinetmaker Saddler
Carpenter Shoemaker
Cooper Silversmith
Foodways Wheelwright
Founder Wigmaker

 

Recipes from Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/food/foodhdr.cfm

Sampling 18th-Century Fare at Shields Tavern

http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/tavern.cfm

 

Raleigh Tavern at Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/hbral.cfm

 

Colonial Currency

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/index.html

Classics of American Colonial History

http://www.dinsdoc.com/colonial-2.htm

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