Colonial America

By Anonymous -
Our new unit in Lead 21 is all about Colonial America.  To supplement our reading series, I am going to use a great website called Liberty Kids.  It offers several activities for students.


Students can create a Colonial Newspaper.




Students can watch short videos on how things were different during Colonial Days.  It is called "Then and Now".




Students can explore and learn about colonial people, items and places in the Liberty Archive called "Who, What, and Where".  






With all of these great activities, my students will be busy this week!

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