A Pathfinder for 8th Grade
	If you would like to learn more about the thirteen American colonies, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will help you find information in your school library media center, on the Internet, and in the community about the beginnings of America.
	Books Magazines Internet Sites Videos CD-ROM Dewey Numbers Keywords Phrases People Places
	Print Resources-Books and Magazines
	There are several excellent books about each of the 13 colonies. A few of the books are listed below. To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog. NONFICTION BOOKS Most of the books about the original 13 colonies will be located in 974-975 among the books about the states. 973.2 Ear Home Life in Colonial Days 793.2 Dea Life in the American Colonies 973.2 Hak Making Thirteen Colonies 793.2 Kal Series of books about daily life in the colonies: Tools and Gadgets The Kitchen Home Crafts Customs and Traditions Colonial Crafts 974.4 Ame The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony 974.4 Col Pilgrims and Puritans, 1620-1676 974.4 Eri Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colong, 1636 974.4 Fra The Massachusetts Colony 974.5 Fra The Virginia Colony 975.1 Fra The Delaware Colony 974.7 Fra The New York Colony 974.5 Fra The Rhode Island Colony 974.8 Fra The Pensylvania Colony 974.2 Fra The New Hampshire Colony 974.9 Fra The New Jersey Colony 975.6 Fra The North Carolina Colony 975.7 Fra The South Carolina Colony 975.2 Fra The Maryland Colony 974.6 Fra The Connecticut Colony 975.8 Fra The Georgia Colony 974.71 Fra From Colony to Nation 973.2 Jan The Thirteen Colonies 974.4 Mor The Story of the "Old Colony" of New Plymouth 394.1 Pen Eating the Plates FICTION BOOKS Fic Avi Encounter at Easton Fic Avi Night Journeys Fic Bru Arrow Over the Door Fic Coo Ransome of Mercy Carter Fic Fle Saturnalia Fic For Johnny Tremain Fic Fri The Cabin Faced West Fic Her Our Strange New Land Fic Kee I Am Regina Fic Kir Trouble's Daughter Fic Las Beyond the Burning Time Fic Osb Standing in the Light Fic Ree Witch Child Fic Rin Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy REFERENCE BOOKS Ref 973.03 Uni The United States Encyclopedia of History Ref 973 Fac Facts About the States--each state has a good timeline of its history MAGAZINES "Arts and Crafts of the Middle Atlantic Colonies." Cobblestone. November 2001. "Life in Colonial Maryland." Cobblestone. September 2002. pp 3-7. "Unsettling Discoveries at Jamestown: Suffering and Surviving in 17th-century Virginia." National Geographic. June, 2002. pp 74-81.   "First Look at a Lost Virginia Settlement." National Geographic. June, 1979. pp 734-767.   "Reach for the New World." National Geographic. December, 1977. pp 724-767.   "Architect of Freedom: Thomas Jefferson." National Geographic. February, 1976. pp 230-259.   "Philosopher of Dissent: Benjamin Franklin." National Geographic. July, 1975. pp 92-123.   "Williamsburg: its College and Its Cinderella City." National Geographic. October, 1954. pp 439-486   "Washington's Historic Georgetown." National Geographic. April, 1953. pp 513-544.   "The Restoration of colonial williamsburg." National Geographic. April, 1937. pp 402-443.   "Diamond Delaware, Colonial Still." National Geographic. September 1935. pp367-398. Return to Top
	Online Resources--Internet Sites
	The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet. All 13 Colonies 13 Original Colonies Colonial Maps Click on a map of theCheasapeake Colonies, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and The Carolinas and Georgia American History Timeline 1675-1700 A Brief History of the 13 Original Colonies Scroll down to the colony you are researching for historical information Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia Chart of the 13 Original Colonies Information about when the colony was founded and by whom. Explore the States Click on a state to read a brief history about it. Early American Literature Read the words of John and Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and many more people who lived during the Revolutionary period. Religion and the Founding of the American Republic from the Library of Congress Click on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Massachusetts Colony The Pilgrim Story from the Pilgrim Hall Museum. Learn who the Pilgrims were, about their religion, their voyage in the Mayflower and their new life in America. Plimoth on the Web Take a virtual tour of a recreation of one of the first colonies in America Wampanoag History One of the first Native American peoples the early settlers of Massachusetts colony encountered. Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia Biographies, court records, maps and landscape, and more. Massachusetts Facts A review of history, government and symbols of Massachusetts New Hampshire Colony Brief History of New Hampshire Pennsylvania Colony Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Information about the Native Americans in Pennsylvania and founding of the colony Rhode Island Colony History of Early Rhode Island Virginia Colony Jamestown Uncovered An article written about discoveries which have led to some surprising insights into everyday life at England's first permanent colony in North America. Jamestown History Colonial Williamsburg Click on the history link (Virginia colony) Return to Top Colonial Life Topics List of sites compiled by Mr. Jim Brigleb Wigs Eighteenth Century Men's Hair and Wigs library.thinkquest.org/J002132/jobs.html Women's Fashions Education Colonial Education Education For Boys and Girls Colonial Times Architecture American Colonial Architecture Architecture For Kids Childhood Leisure Time and Games Medical/Dental/Health Domestic Medicine Domestic Medicine Tools Early Tools Home Crafts Home Crafts Colonial America 100-1775 Weaponry Colonial Links 17th and 18th Centuries 2nd New Jersey Regiment Punishment Crime and Punishment The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_II Colonial Law Medical/Dental/Health Treatment Colonial Medicine Colonial America Links Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trip Colonial Dentistry
	Videos, CD-ROM, Laserdiscs, etc.
	Our library has the following multimedia resources on your topic: Return to Top
	Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse
	If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about [TOPIC], look for these numbers: 974-975 We have several books about each of the states and they have a section on history of the state. Be sure to look here for more information. Return to Top
	Keywords and Phrases for Searching
	Do you need additional information? Try using these words and phrases to search Magazine Index, the library online catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias or the World Wide Web: The name of each of the present states which were the original colonies colony colonial Return to Top
	Community Resources-People and Places
	The following community contacts may help you with your topic: Students and teachers who have gone on the annual school trip to Washington, D.C. and visited historic areas on the East coast Return to Top
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