PUBLIC MARKS with tags gr5 & history

American history is best served hot and there are lots of ways to warm up to it. At HFwH, we bring free streaming video, interactive presentations, and links to many other resources to bring history alive. Go a step beyond the social studies or history classroom and use all your senses to connect with American History through audio, video, and living history.

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?"

History for Kids Hi, I'm Ben, and I'm new to the Kids Zone. I'll guide you through the interactive games and activities in this section. Learn about the tools a cooper uses to make casks in Cooper-ation. In Pardon or Pillory, play a word game and save the colonist from punishment. Thomas Jefferson wrote many letters and so can you with the Colonial Postcard Maker. Do you like horses? The American Cream Horse is part of Colonial Williamsburg's rare breeds program. Have fun in this newest section of the Kids Zone.

Lots of Resources for a Creating a Colony geared to fifth grade

Learn all about Paul Revere and his Midnight Ride!

Use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding “The First Thanksgiving” and discover what might really have happened during the fall of 1621. Outstanding site with Teacher's Guide.

Interactive activities from Great Britain's National Archives. Learn about the Court of Henry VIII, tudor life, and jousting. Well done and informative. Includes teacher resources.

An epic tale of loot and legend! Travel back in time to the year 793 AD. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize?