Virtual Field Trip to Colonial America

Day One          Day Two  

Day One 

Colonial House (PBS.org)

1) "375 Years Ago at 360 degrees".  Click here to see panoramic views of a 1628 colony in Maine.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/panoramas.html

2) "Voices Long Unheard". Click here to see and hear the colonists tell about themselves and their lives.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/voices/index.html

3) "Dress Me Up". Drag the clothes onto the dressing area to see if the colonists women would have worn the article of clothing.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/dress_up_flash.html

For several of the following sites you will be selecting from a drop-down menu. The menu, "Choose another history feature" is located
just under "Interactive History"

4) "Would You Have Survived on the Colony?"

Select "Would You Have Survived on the Colony?" from the menu to take a Quiz.

  • For best results, "Maximize" the window when it pops up.

  • After reading the results of your quiz, click on "close" or on the "X" to close the window.)

  • When you are taking the the quiz, if there is an error, click on REFRESH.

Go!            http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html

5) "Fantastic Voyage" - Become the governor of a new colony.

Choose an answer for 15 questions and see an evaluation of the predictable outcome of your voyage (physical health, morale, success, etc.)

Select "Myth Conceptions" in the drop-down menu to discover that many popular beliefs about this time are erroneous.

Go!            http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html

6) "Cottage Quest Quiz"

Select "Cottage Quest Quiz" in the drop-down menu to learn about the household items of the time.

  • Be sure to read to the bottom of the instructions.

  • Before "Starting Your Quest", look at the different buildings (the Governor's House, etc.).

There is much more to experience at the "Colonial House" Website.
Return sometime and spend some time checking it out!     http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html

 

If you finish with the Colonial House Website before the end of class,
you can go to the following Website to read and learn about:

  • Hawthorne, his life and times, Custom House

  • native Americans in Hawthorne

  • the theme of alienation

  • "Scarlet Letter" oil painting

 

Hawthorne in Salem

A) The life & times of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/Life&Times/Introduction.html

Click on the links on the left side to learn more about Hawthorne's life.

B) Native Americans in Hawthorne

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/Literature/NativeAmericans&Blacks/Introduction.html

Click on "Overview of Hawthorne's treatment of Native Americans as subjects of his writing".

C) Theme of Alienation in Hawthorne's Fiction

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/Literature/AlienationOfTheArtist/Introduction.html

D) Scarlet Letter Oil Painting

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/images/image.php?name=MMD360

 

For further study, click on the following which is an index to the Hawthorne in Salem Website.

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/sitemap.php

Choose the topics that you’d like to learn about.

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Day Two 

Using the following Website, or any appropriate Website of your choice compare and contrast current United States laws with those of Colonial times:

1) Colonial America – Law in the Colonial Period

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/law.htm

  • Read about the profession of being a lawyer during the 17th  and 18th centuries.

  • Read about the Church and Morals as well as about Punishment in Colonial America.

2) For a humorous look at some of today's laws, go to Dumblaws.com

http://www.dumblaws.com/

  • Read about some of the crazy laws in the United States (click on Massachusetts and South Carolina

  • Note that "Our Book of Dumb Laws" just takes you to the ad for their book.

 

  
 

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Lesson created by Susan Meissner, West Ashley High School

Website created by Jeff Jones