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Colonies Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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Reading Comprehensions
     Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 1 (Grades 3-5)
     Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 2 (Grades 3-5)
     Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 3 (Grades 3-5)
     The Flyer Colony (Grades 3-5)
     The Colonies (Grades 4-6)
     The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island (Grades 4-6)
     Permanent Human Colony (Grades 5-6)
     The New England Colonies (Grades 5-7)
     The Middle Colonies (Grades 5-7)
     The Southern Colonies (Grades 5-7)
     The Lost Colony (Grades 5-7)
     The Colonies (Grades 6-8)
     From Colony to Independence (Grades 6-8)
     How Do Ants Build Colonies? (Grades 6-8)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     Merry Meerkats: Life in the Meerkat Colony (Grades 2-3)
     Amazing Ants: Life in the Colony (Grades 3-5)

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Read and Color Books

Independence Day

Coming To America

Our Flag

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Reading Comprehension Lesson Ideas

Biographies (Grades 6-8)      Phillis Wheatley      Sequoyah Miscellaneous (Grades 3-5)      A Good Day for a Nature Walk      A Letter from Laysan      A Long Way from Home — A Story of the Spanish American War, Part 2      A New Country      A New Land      American Revolution - Who Had the Better Chance of Winning?      Ants      Ants      Benedict Arnold      Benjamin Franklin      Canada's Vikings      Champlain's Quebec      Colonial America's Communication      Compacts, Cliques, and Rebellion      Confederation and Prince Edward Island      Disappearing Act - The Anasazi, Part 1      Donald's Tale of the Coral Reefs      Easy as Pie...Pumpkin Pie, That is!      Education in Colonial America      Flamingos      Halloween Costume under the Sea      Honeybees      Keepers of the Peace      Lexington and Concord      Lord Selkirk's Settlement      Lunar Rainbow      Lunar Swap      Manitoba and Confederation      Molly the Cuttlefish      New Taxes - Sugar and Stamp Act      Newfoundland and Confederation      No Taxation without Representation      Old Glory's Story      Private Joseph Plumb Martin - Revolutionary War Soldier      Rachel Interviews Tad the Termite      Settling America - Roanoke and Jamestown      Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders      The Boer War      The Boston Massacre      The Boston Tea Party      The Colonists Protest      The French and Indian War      The Hares and the Frogs      The Intolerable Acts      The Library Card Adventure      The Quebec Separatists      The War of 1812      Thomas Paine      Upper and Lower Canada      Weird as Blackbeard, Part 1      Welcome to Inuit, Part 1      Wendy's World - Columbus Day      Wendy's World- Changes Over Time      Wendy's World- Flag Day (Grades 6-8)      A Splendid Little War, Part 1 - The First Battle      A Star Spangled Performance, Part 1      Adélie Penguins      African Americans in the Revolutionary War      All About Apples: A Brief History of Apples      Anti-Slavery Movement      Archimedes      Arctic Terns      Articles of Confederation      Bernardo de Galvez - Friend of American Freedom      Betsy Ross      British Columbia and Confederation      Building a Better Mousetrap, Part 1      Busy as a Beekeeper      Canada in World War I, Part 1      Canada in World War I, Part 2      Captain William Bligh      Causes of the War of 1812      Compacts and Cliques      Coral Reefs: Donald's Tale      Declaration of Independence      Defeat of the Spanish Armada      Eatonville      Eliza Lucas      Embryonic Stem Cell Research      Finding Religious Freedom      Graceful Greek Architecture      Habitants      Harriet Robinson - Mill Girl      Hermit Crabs      Hoary Marmots      Isolation vs. Expansion - Background of America's War with Spain      Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the Calypso      Jean Learns About National Symbols and Holidays      John Adams      King James VI and I      Let Freedom Ring: The Liberty Bell      Lower Canada      Lunar Apples      Monroe Doctrine      New Orleans      Newfoundland and Confederation      Newfoundland's Vikings      Not Just Soldiers      Patience Wright: American Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy      Phillis Wheatley- Childhood of a Poet      Prince Edward Island and Confederation      Quebec Established      Reefs - Gardens Under the Sea      Remember the Maine! - Causes of America's War with Spain      Savannah, Georgia: A City of Firsts      Secretary of Veterans Affairs      Six Flags Over Texas      Six Flags Over Texas      Systems - Those Mighty, Mighty Ants!      The "Witches" of Salem, Massachusetts: Part 1      The Age of Enlightenment      The Albatross      The Case of the Disappearing Bats      The Congress of Vienna      The Everglades      The First Thanksgiving      The First Thanksgiving, What Was It Really Like?      The Fourth of July      The Hundred Years War      The Liberty Bell      The Liberty Bell      The Loss of the Honeybees      The Pilgrims' Life in the New World      The Quebec Separatists      The Selkirk Settlement      The Seven Years War      The Slave Trade      The Slave Trade      The U.S. Gets Florida      The War in South Africa      The Wombat      Thomas Jefferson      Upper Canada      What Is a Quaker?      Where Do Hispanic People Come From?      Where Have the Bats Gone?      Where Have the Honeybees Gone? (Grades 9-12)      America: A Melting Pot of Cultures      Anton Chekhov      Avery Island, Louisiana, Also Known As "Bird City"      Eoin Colfer      Immigrants Against Their Will      Latin American Freedom Fighters, Part 1 - The Roots of War      Latin American Freedom Fighters, Part 2 - After the War      Looking for Happy Endings — America in the 1890s      Roger Williams: Founder of Providence, Rhode Island      Silent Night: The Christmas Truce of World War I      The Old Swamp Fox: General Francis Marion      Tuscarora and Yamasee Wars      Why Did the Germans Come to America?      Why Did the Irish Come to America? Stories (Grades 3-5)      Thanksgiving Program      The Research Project Geography (no assigned grade level)      Australia (Grades 3-5)      Let's Build a Maryland Community      Pocahontas and Virginia's Uniqueness      The Birth of the Missions      The Charter Oak Tree      The Charter Oak (Grades 6-8)      "Oglethorpe's Dream"      A History of How Connecticut Became a State      Alabama is Born - Six Exclusive Interviews      An Early New Jersey Timeline      Argentina - History      Before Establishing Jamestown      Canada--History      Delaware - The Early History      Fiji - History      From Mayflower to Massachusetts      Indiana's Changing Landscape      Kenya - History      Malaysia - History      New Hampshire: A Small State with a Big History      New York: "Ever Upward"      Pennsylvania      Pennsylvania, the Beginning of Freedom      Rhode Island's Beginnings      Suriname - Culture      Tennessee's First People      The Prairie Land      Walking in Their Footsteps: Tracing Maryland's Early Settlements      William Penn Gets Land Grant From King (Grades 9-12)      Bolivia - History      Chile - History      Cote d'Ivoire - History      Falkland Islands - History      Guyana - History      Madagascar - History      Panama - History      Suriname - History      The Bahamas - History

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Finish the Story
     The Frogs and the Fish (Grade 3-5)
     Asteroid Drummer (Grade 4-5)
     Fish Round Up (Grade 4-5)
     A Holo Summer (Grade 6-7)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     Busy Bees: Life in a Honeybee Hive (Grades 2-4)
     The Hares and the Frogs (Grades 2-4)
     Constitutional Cathy Pays a Visit (Grades 3-4)
     Warm, Wet, and Lush: Life in the Rain Forest (Grades 3-6)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     Percy the Penguin (Grade 3-4)
     Desert Habitat (Grade 3-5)
     NH is for New Hampshire (Grade 3-5)
     ME is for Maine (Grade 3-6)
     RI is for Rhode Island (Grade 3-6)
     Ants (Grade 4-5)
     CT is for Connecticut (Grade 4-6)
     GA is for Georgia (Grade 4-6)
     IA is for Iowa (Grade 4-6)
     LA is for Louisiana (Grade 4-6)
     MA is for Massachusetts (Grade 4-6)
     MD is for Maryland (Grade 4-6)
     NC is for North Carolina (Grade 4-6)
     NJ is for New Jersey (Grade 4-6)
     NV is for Nevada (Grade 4-6)
     NY is for New York (Grade 4-6)
     PA is for Pennsylvania (Grade 4-6)
     SC is for South Carolina (Grade 4-6)
     T Is for Thanksgiving (Grade 4-6)
     VA is for Virginia (Grade 4-6)
     VT is for Vermont (Grade 4-6)
     Lighthouses (Grade 5-8)
     Meet George Washington (Grade 6-7)

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