Integrated Literacy Assignment
Alyssa Ballard
GLCE
5- U2.3.2
Describe the daily life of people living in the
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
Music
• http://www.earlyamerica.com/music1/18thcentury/
Books
This book is a higher level
reading book. Could be used for
large group reading.
Fun book for students, focusing on
hardships of the times in an
interesting way.
Activity Book
http://www.amazon.com/Colonial-KidsActivity-Hands-On-History/dp/155652322X
Teacher Text
• http://webchecktest.eharcourtschool.com/hspfw/reviewhspmy/http/ss/hh05/usb_0153406453/teache
r/te/hh05nlteu3c6l1.pdf
Teachers version of a textbook for a chapter on
the middle colonies. Contains vocab, study
questions, and conversation topics.
Poetry
• http://www.loa.org/images/pdf/williams_key.
pdf
Websites
• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects
/colonialtimes.htm
Kid friendly website. Students could do their own research. Discusses farming,
religion, food, and education.
• http://www.landofthebrave.info/13colonies.htm
Kid friendly website full of facts separated by New England, Middle, and
Southern colonies.
Lesson Plan
• http://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learningcenter/colonial-america-american-revolutionlearning-resources/american-revolutionlesson-plans-activities/colonial-life/coloniallife-lesson-plan/
• http://historyisfun.org/pdf/coloniallife/What_was_the_role_of_children_on_a_%
20farm.pdf – “What was the role of children
on an 18th-century Virginia farm?”
Video (Mr. Striplin)
New England:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eTJ0hCgy
C4&list=PL8PhEQj6g66lFRGOtGEZ9evRxxb7pyFY
t
Southern:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leqglZG8Af
4
Online Game
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/teac
hers/dirty_manner/index.html
Read and watch videos about the lives 8
colonists.
Then read a diary entry and try to pick what
colonist wrote it.
Map
Graphs
Magazine
Kid friendly, simple explanations of colonial
American life. Includes daily work, life as a
colonial kid, and food of the times.
References
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18th Century Music. Retrieved from: http://www.earlyamerica.com/music1/18th-century/
Colonial Life Lesson Plan. Retrieved from: http://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/colonialamerica-american-revolution-learning-resources/american-revolution-lesson-plans-activities/coloniallife/colonial-life-lesson-plan/
American Poetry: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Retrieved from:
http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=273#sthash.vW4wmVAH.dpuf
Life in Colonial America Best Children's Books. Retrieved from: http://www.the-best-childrensbooks.org/life-in-colonial-america.html
Mr. Nussbaum Learning and Fun. Retrieved from: http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13profiles/
Dr. Gayle Olson-Raymer (2014) The Colonists - What They Created. Retrieved from:
http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist110/colonial.html
Colonial America. Retrieved from: http://www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/colonial-america-for-kids/
Social Studies for Kids. Retrieved from: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm
The 13 Colonies. Retrieved from: http://www.landofthebrave.info/13-colonies.htm
Mr. Striplin. The Southern Colonies. From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leqglZG8Af4
(2004) Colonial House. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/teachers/dirty_manner/index.html
Breadbasket Colonies. Retrieved from: http://webcheck-test.eharcourtschool.com/hspfw/reviewhspmy/http/ss/hh05/usb_0153406453/teacher/te/hh05nlteu3c6l1.pdf