Colonial Life WebQuest

A Fifth Grade Culminating Performance Task

KEYNOTE HELP SHEET

RESOURCES

Choose Your Location

In which colony will you settle? Visit the 13 Colonies of America website, learn about the colonies, and make your decision.

Colonial Trades

Now that you know where you will live, how will you make a living? What will be your trade? Click the links below to learn more and then choose your trade. Be sure to pick a trade that fits with your location.

New England

Middle

Southern

General

New England Colonies
New England and Southern Colonies
Daily Life in the Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies
A Guide to Primary Resources for US History (Southern colonies)

Scholastic Our America Colonial Period
Life in Colonial America
13 Colonies
13 Originals
The Jamestown Online Adventure
Characteristics of the Colonies

Economics	Settlers	Environment	Government
Farming in the Colonies Regions Why Colonists Came to America Motivation and Economy of the 13 Colonies Slaves Indentured Servants Economic Systems Triangle Trade Routes Trades Crafts and Trades in Colonial America Colonial Apprenticeships The Master's Apprentice	Religion and the Church Native People and European Contact Role of Women Who Were the Pilgrims? Religion Coming to the Colonies Clothing Sickness/Medicine Medicine and Health Native Americans Characteristics of the Colonies Colonial Kids Jamestown: First English Colony in America The Founding of Pennsylvania Native People and Colonial Exploration Religion and the Church in the 13 American Colonies	The Time Page Colonial Farming Food in the 13 Colonies	Triangular Trade Route Motivation and Economy of the Colonies Economic Systems Colonial Trades Apprenticeship Trades Navigation and Trade Acts Schooling in the Colonies Education for boys & girls Colonial Punishments Colonial Government The Role of Women Justice in the Colonies Virginia House of Burgesses Religion in Early Virginia Colonial Government

Last updated: May 11, 2009

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