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Griffing’s paintings present a very realistic view of both Iroquois and colonial frontier life.  Look at Mary Jemison, The Cottonwood Tree, Caught in Midstream, and others…and read the descriptions. http://paramountpress.com/artbyrobgrif.html Listen to and learn Tsalagi … and consider the reasons why Sequoia—as do those who present internet lessons now—tried to preserve the Cherokee language. http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/language/ War of 1812 Unravel the history of the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem, by investigating clues hidden in the flag - http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/download.cfm?dlkey=173 Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Jamestown Online Adventure for Kids - Try this new interactive game to learn about Jamestown and have fun! http://www.jamestown2007.org/kids-jamestown-adventure.cfm Jamestown 1607 - Stories of a Nation http://www.jamestown1607.org/storiesnation.asp Virtual Jamestown http://www.virtualjamestown.org/interactive.html PBS - Secrets of the Dead:  Death at Jamestown http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_jamestown/index.html Early Colonies:  Jamestown and Chesapeake Bay - Illustrates the areas covered by the charters established by King James I in 1606 to colonize Virginia, and the initial voyage which founded Jamestown. The preview is 1:18 minutes long. http://www.animatedatlas.com/ecolonies/ecoloniespreview.html BBC - Famous People - Pocahontas http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/pocahontas/index.shtml#focus Plimoth Plantation's You are the Historian:  Investigating the First Thanksgiving http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html Scholastic's "Our America" Site - Includes Online Activities, for example, The First Thanksgiving http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/colonial/ A Colonial Family and Community - Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering "What's wrong with this picture?" http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html Colonial House - Interactive History - Includes 1628 Across the Continent, Dress Me Up, Voices Long Unheard, Fantastic Voyage, and more. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html Colonial House Media Gallery - From snapshots of the training to vistas of the scenery to insights from the colonists, this site captures specific moments from the Colony and the experience. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/media/index.html Colonial Williamsburg Multimedia Page - Numerous slide shows of quality images from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation http://www.history.org/media/index.cfm Colonial Williamsburg Online Museum Exhibits http://www.history.org/History/museums/online_exhibits.cfm# Videos of Early American Tools http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/tools/index.html Historic Jamestown - Interactive archaeology modules have been designed to allow you to discover how archaeology is done at Jamestown Rediscovery. http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php You Be the Historian - See if you can figure out what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas and Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware.  At the same time discover what historians in the next century could learn about you if they found your house exactly the way it is today. http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/ History Mystery - Solve the mystery in the fewest clues; Colonial Life Game 1 http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=42 History Mystery - Solve the mystery in the fewest clues; Colonial Life Game 2 http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=43 History Mystery - Solve the mystery in the fewest clues; Colonial Period http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=4 Colonial and Revolution Songs http://www.mcneilmusic.com/rev.html Immigrants - Web Sites