Social+Studies

http://www.nativetech.org/ (Woodlands crafts) http://www.greatdreams.com/native/nativehsg.htm (Native American houses) http://www.thewildwest.org/native_american/index.html (Southwest) http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/STUDENTS/GREENB/titlpage.html (Arts and crafts) http://www.nativeamericans.com/Natives.htm (Basic Native American information)
 * Native American Websites:**
 * Some of these websites may be helpful. Remember, you should always have adult supervision when you are using the internet! **

Hopi [|http://www.carnegiemnh.org//exhibits/north-south-east-west/hopi/index.html] Iroquois [|http://www.carnegiemnh.org//exhibits/north-south-east-west/iroquois/index.html] All tribes’ information in a chart http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_chart.htm 


 * COLONIAL ERA**

By 1650, however, England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape religious persecution. The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts, arrived in 1620. In both Virginia and Massachusetts, the colonists flourished with some assistance from Native Americans. New World grains such as corn kept the colonists from starving while, in Virginia, tobacco provided a valuable cash crop. By the early 1700s enslaved Africans made up a growing percentage of the colonial population. By 1770, more than 2 million people lived and worked in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies. **
 * European nations came to the Americas to increase their wealth and broaden their influence over world affairs. The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore the New World and the first to settle in what is now the United States.

Life in Colonial America Fun Terms from Colonial Times Setting the stage for the Revolution

FUN WEBSITES & RESOURCES!

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

Colonial Games & Activities: http://www.history.org/kids/games/

Colonial Info: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb

The Revolution: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

The Colonial Family: http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/que01/que01.html

Colonial Life & Dress: http://www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/index.htm

Fun Games: http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2471&q=320706&kidsNav=

Meet Colonial People: http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/people.cfm

=**Explorers:**=

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There have always been explorers. Explorers are people who travel to or investigate unknown places. In traveling, they make or follow a route, path, or trail. Prehistoric men and women who ventured out across the continents were among the first explorers. Explorers are usually thought of as people who purposely visit and study an unknown geographic area. The golden age of exploration began in the fifteenth century as sailors from Europe ventured out and explored the world, locating routes across its oceans and continents and defining the earth's physical shape, size, and positions. Today however, explorers are persons who systematically search, examine, and investigate for the purpose of discovering unknowns in all aspects of our universe; making new discoveries and expanding frontiers in science, medicine, technology, and our environment.======

__Explorer Websites__

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