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Colonial Life

This collection of links is a good place to start collecting appropriate 
sites to answer your questions.
http://eev.liu.edu/KK/colonial/resources.htm

This web site from Colonial Williamburg's researchers offers information on 
daily life, customs, and trades in Colonial Virginia.
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm

Colonial Kids: This prize-winning site is a Thinkquest entry. Although the 
material is researched and written by students, teachers double check for 
accuracy.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/

Click on the "Tour the Village" link and you can take a virtual tour of Old 
Sturbridge Village, and learn about life there.
http://www.osv.org/

The web site of the Noah Webster House Museum in West Hartford offers 
information about daily life in Connectict in the 1770s. Click on the link 
for "Noah's Time." You will find links to information about family life, 
trades, amusements and schooling here.
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/

Colonial Times includes information on farming, religion, food and schooling.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm

Crafts and Trades in Colonial America
http://www.gpschools.org/ci/ce/elem/fifth/ss5/trades/trades.htm

EasyBib: You can compose your bibliography in the proper format using this 
online tool.
http://www.easybib.com/

This simple site offers a brief introduction to Colonial farming. Is there 
enough detail for your needs?
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfarm.htm

This site from the New Bedford Whaling Museum has a history of whaling from 
Colonial times.
http://www.whalingmuseum.org/kendall/amwhale/am_index.html

This article on whaling is from the Encarta online encyclopedia.
http://encarta.msn.com/text_761572529___3/Whaling.html

This Social Studies for Kids site has information on Religion in Colonial 
America
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonieschurch.htm

This Library of Congress site explains the role of religion in the 1700s.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

A Boston college professor of architecture has collected photographs of Colonial houses and other 
buildings  from the 17th and 18th centuries and shares them on this site.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/contents.html

Colonists hunted for other animals as well. Find out about the beaver trade 
here.
http://people.ucsc.edu/~kfeinste/furtrade.html

Daily life on a Colonial farm is shown on this site from PBS educational 
television.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html

Find out about life on a Colonial American farm in Connecticut at this site, 
presented by the Henry Ford Museum.
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/intro.html

Who is the authority for this site?  Would this be a good resource?
http://lincoln.midcoast.com/~wps/3ripley9899/ripley.html

What do you think of this farming site?
http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/hhv2/farming.html

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