Ms.+Matos+-+Colonial+Project

World Book Online
http://worldbookonline.com user name: hudde password: school

===Scholastic === Search Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Encyclopedia, and Lands and Peoples from one site: @http://galesupport.com/novelGeo/novelGeoLink.php?uname=nygeo5137&db=SCH1

**History by Era- from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History**
@http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/introduction Presents American History through ten chronological eras; "The Americas to 1620" contains information on **exploration**; "Colonization and Settlement 1585-1763" provides information on **life in early settlements, the thirteen colonies**, and on the origins of **slavery.**

@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html Extensive information on the slave trade in four parts; from the "Africans in America Narrative" on pbs.org
 * The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage**

@http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=445 __**Very extensive**__ passages on the origins of slavery, the slave trade, the Middle Passage, and slavery in Colonial America.
 * Digital History**

@http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/intro-maps.faces
 * Maps - from the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database**

@http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96659&page=1&singlePage=true
 * Timeline of the Atlantic Slave Trade - from ABC News**

@http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/history/chapter5section5.rhtml
 * Life in Colonial America**

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html#
 * Daily Life in the Colonies - from Liberty! on PBS**

@http://www.scholastic.com/teachdearamerica/colonial.htm
 * 1607-1776 Colonial Period -** from Scholastic Dear America

@http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/american-colonial-life1.htm
 * American Colonial Life**

@http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=2&smtID=1
 * Overview of Colonial America - from Digital History**

@http://www.biography.com/people/groups/famous-explorers Contains articles and videos on dozens of explorers. Use the text articles in the library for research, watch the videos at home for further exploration.
 * Famous Explorers - from bio.**

@http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?page=theexplorers
 * Exploration through the Ages**

@http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/exploration-of-north-america Use the article in the library for research, the video can be watched at home.
 * Exploration of North America from History.com**