Pre-colonial, Colonial

--Daniel A. Kelin, II
In their roles as Henry Hudson's sailors (ca. 1610 C.E.), third grade students "faced the cold, loneliness, frustration, and disorientation of Hudson's last voyage."

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1801/180107.pdf

--Nadine M. Roush
Some online activities are the next best thing to actually visiting Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1604/160429.pdf

Ava L. McCall
The textile arts are a valuable means by which students learn about the history of specific Native American nations.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1202/120202.html

—Choices for the 21st Century Education Program, Brown University
Although many people in the United States think of slavery as a Southern institution, New England has a more complex history of slavery and slave trading than many realize.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6906/6906338.pdf

--Johanna Gorelick and Genevieve Simermeyer/The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
While the modern story of Thanksgiving describes the original feast as a friendly gathering of neighbors, in reality it had much more to do with political alliances, diplomacy, and an attempt at peaceful coexistence.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7007/700706411.pdf

By Joan Brodsky Schur
Eighth-grade students gain a greater understanding of social control and tyranny when they participate in a Puritan Day simulation.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7107/7107348.pdf

By Jeremy D. Stoddard, Mark J. Hofer, and Molly G. Buchanan
Highlighting a wikinquiry on the Jamestown colony’s ‘starving time,’ the authors demonstrate a wiki’s power to promote student collaboration, enhance communication, and improve construction of knowledge.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7203/720308144.pdf