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Various computer games based on colonial life. Pretty neat!
History Games for Kids

Map game for the location of the 13 Colonies
Map game

13 Colonies Map Game and interactive profiles of each colony.
Map Game and More!

Plimouth Plantation - Interactive Thanksgiving activity
http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/navigation.html

Replicate Benjamin Franklin's famous lightning and key 
experiment. 
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/exp_shocking.html

Pretty cool interactive timeline of Benjamin Franklin's very busy 
and interesting life. 
http://www.benfranklin300.org/timeline/

Road to Revolution Game


More history games for kids

Because we all know Bradford deserves to win. 
Toughest Weather City Tournament

Choose a character and try to make it in California, the land of 
opportunity, in the mid-1800s.
Strike it Rich!

Choose to be Annabelle or Li and make critical decisions about 
moving to California to take part in the gold rush.
Gold Rush game

You can mine for gold like a Niner when you play this game!
http://games-free-online.net/?a=games&id=426

Interactive Map of United States - Pre-Civil War

50 states map game

Yakko's world! This website has the regular version, the slow 
version (to practice to!), and the lyrics. Can YOU earn the ten 
bonus points?
http://burndog.posterous.com/yakkos-world

Wakko's states and capitals. This song is worth five points.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=15395

Lyrics to Wakko's 50 states and capitals song.
http://mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50capitals.html

Use this website to gather information about the Lost Colony of 
Roanoke. 
Lost Colony of Roanoke

Theories about the Lost Colony

Use this website to create either horizontal or vertical 
timelines. 
Timeline Maker

Use this tool to outline character traits. 
Character Scrapbook

Liberty's Kids Riddles and Clips

Watch short video clips about the difference between life in the 
1700s and life today.
Liberty's Kids "Now and Then" video clips

This Have Fun with History site provides information, videos, and 
more about the American Revolution
Revolutionary War Info

This website provides links to other websites for virtually every 
facet of the war. It is a great tool to use to find resources for 
your project. 
American Revolution websites

Use this link to view the code President Jefferson used during 
correspondence with Lewis and Clark. 
President Jefferson's Cipher


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