Learn how to Multcolib School Corps Picks Colonial America Grades 5-6
Annotation:Presentation of the little-known story of the American Revolution told from the perspectives of the African-American slaves who fought on the side of the British Royal Army in exchange for a promise of freedom.
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Annotation:A juvenile biography of the famous Native American woman who helped the Jamestown settlers.
Annotation:From his childhood in Virginia to his two terms as President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson tells the story of the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Annotation:A juvenile biography of Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet.
Annotation:Recounts the religious, political, and social history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and its influence on our lives today.
Annotation:This program, in the video quiz format, covers European colonization, the 13 colonies, early governments, philosophies that drove Europeans to the New World, and more!
Annotation:Discusses the day-to-day aspects of country and city life in the American colonies for a variety of people including members of different professions, specific immigrant groups, and slaves.
Annotation:Discusses the reasons Europeans settled in America, the growth of the original colonies, and the reaction to the newcomers of the people already living in the "New World."
Annotation:Provides the history of Dutch colonies in America.
Annotation:Provides the history of French colonies in America.
Annotation:Twenty-five engaging activities pack the pages, allowing children to build, play, discover, experiment, bake, and eat like the colonials did.
Annotation:Describes the colonization of America by the British.
Annotation:This fun and exciting book whisks young readers back to early America, introducing them to a refreshing assortment of brave and unique American women of colonial times.
Annotation:A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
Annotation:Covers American history from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Convention.
Annotation:Presents the history of the United States from the colonization of the New World through the middle of the eighteenth century.
Annotation:Discusses colonial life in America, depicts a year in the life of a fictional colonial family, and presents projects and activities, such as butter churning, candle dipping, baking bread, and playing colonial games.
Annotation:Provides the history of Spanish colonies in America.
Annotation:Traces the competition among the American Indians, French, English, Spanish, and Dutch for land, furs, timber, and other resources of North America.
Annotation:Discusses the relations between the European colonists and the Native Americans, the disputes between settlers from France, England, and Spain, and the role these conflicts played in the history of North America.
Annotation:A biography of George Washington, the general who led the American army in the Revolutionary War and then became the first president of the United States.
Annotation:A social history of the American colonial period with a focus on the daily lives of women, including European immigrants, Native Americans, and slaves.
Annotation:Traces the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline.
Annotation:This program vividly illustrates the hardships and triumphs of the first colonists. Students discover how the colonists survived during their initial years, the crops they learned to cultivate and the rules and laws they developed. Lifestyles in each of the different colonies are compared.
Annotation:Explains the historical background and events of the Salem witch trails.
Annotation:Nathaniel Smithfield is a ten-year-old boy living with his family in Boston,Massachusetts in 1768 when he first starts to witness the drama happening in the city around him. Tension heats up between those who are loyal to the British crown, like Nathaniel's father, and those who believe the people of America are being treated unfairly. Over the following years as he grows into a teenager, Nathaniel must decide where his own beliefs lie, and how far he will go to fight for them, no matter the consequences.
Annotation:Describes disgusting details about daily life in the American Colonies, including housing, food, and sanitation.
Annotation:A story of the hardships and achievements of the settlers of Jamestown.
Annotation:The colonial period-dramatically and objectively presented here-was one of great exploration and great controversy.
Annotation:This book reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s.
Annotation:Follow an errand boy through colonial Boston as he spreads word of rebellion. It's December 16, 1773, and Boston is about to explode!
Annotation:From the first colonies at Roanoke and Jamestown to the first shots of the American Revolution, author Richard Worth explores the colonists' every move from newcomers to nation.
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A collection of fiction and non-fiction materials about Colonial America for students in grades 5 and 6. The library has already-prepared Buckets of Books on this topic that you can check out. The Buckets contain books similar to those on the list (though not every title is exactly the same) plus a teacher's guide. To see the list of Buckets, go to: http://web.multcolib.org/educators/school-corps/bucket-books .
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