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MS United States History: Early Settlements

Finding Reliable Sources

You have found a web site that looks good, professionally designed, nice pictures etc. BUT, it is reliable?
Ask yourself these six important questions BEFORE you use any information from the web site!

1. Who is responsible for this site?

2. What are his or her credentials?

3. Have the authors documented their own sources?

4. What is the domain name? Does it end in .com, .gov, .edu, .org, or .net?

5. Who else links to the site? You can perform a link check in Google by entering "link:webaddress" in the search box. Is it linked to other reliable sites?

6. Would you include this site in a bibliography?

Early Settlements Web Sites

King Phillip's War 

Pilgrims-Why They Emigrated 

Plymouth 

Plymouth Hall Museum 

Squanto 

Massasoit 

Plantations-A History 

Plymouth Plantation 

Puritanism 

The Plymouth Colony-Video 

Living in Plymouth Colony-Video 

Pilgrims and Puritans-Video 

Plymouth Plantation Video 

Plymouth-Just the Facts 

Plymouth-Founded in 1620 

Modern Translation of Edward Winslow’s Letter 

Plymouth-Graphic Organizer 

Plymouth-Probing Questions 

Thanksgiving-You are the Historian 

The People of Plymouth 

Map of Wampanoag Country in 1600 

Mapping Colonial New England and Colonizing the Bay 

Plymouth-Cultural Interaction 

Plymouth-Images 
http://www.plimoth.org/media/olc/activity.pdf

Historical Outline Maps 
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/historical.html

Interactive Timeline Map 
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/timelineO.cfm

Jamestown-Cultures 
http://historyisfun.org/pdf/lesson1/Cultures_at_Jamestown.pdf

Life at Jamestown 
http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/Life-at-Jamestown-Lesson-Plans/LifeatJamestown.pdf

New World Maps 
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/neworld.html

Discovering Jamestown An Electronic Classroom Adventure 
http://www.whro.org/jamestown2007/index.html

Jamestown-Accompanying Photos 
http://www.historyisfun.org/visitus/documents/JamestownGeographyPeriodImages.pdf

Jamestown-the Experience 
http://multimedialearning.com/3-creative-examples-for-using-lesson-plans-in-your-e-learning-courses/

Jamestown Document Based Question Lesson 
http://blackboard.jeffco.k12.co.us/bbcswebdav/institution/Division%20of%20Instruction/DLEA/Social%20Studies/Elementary/Fifth%20Grade/ChangingFaceofNA/Jamestown_DBQ.pdf

John Smith's Original Map 
http://www.johnsmith400.org/JOHN_SMITH_MAP.pdf

John Smith's Original Map-Interactive 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/jsmap_zoom.html

Nightmare in Jamestown 
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/nightmare_in_jamestown/

Virtual Jamestown 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html

John Smith Curriculum 
http://www.johnsmith400.org/curriculum.htm

Maps: Colonization of Virginia and European Map to New World 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/map2a.html

Maps: Native Americans in the Chesapeake Region 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/map1a.html

Picture and Description of John Smith’s Shallop 
http://www.johnsmith400.org/Captain_John_Smiths_Shallop.pdf

Primary Sources Describing the Chesapeake and Local Natives 
http://www.johnsmith400.org/The_Chesapeake_Bay_in_1608.pdf

Maps: Chesapeake Watersheds 
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/education/sol/watersheds.asp

Maps: National Geographic Maps of Chesapeake Area 
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/chesapeake-bay/?ar_a=1&ar_r=1

Maps: Physical Features of the Area 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Location_of_jamestown_virginia.jpg

Maps: Settlement of Virginia 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/map3a.html

Maps: Waterways of Chesapeake 
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/precip/pageprecip_va3.pdf

Jamestown: Animals 
http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=613

Jamestown: Description 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/jamestown_development/settlement_v2.html

Jamestown: Habitat 
http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=684

Jamestown: Plants 
http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=612

Maps: Interactive Map 
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/jamestown_development/settlement_v2.html

America in 1607 (Jamestown) 
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone

Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and Tobacco 
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=12FAAC5F-D74A-4423-8B4C-B39168BABB39&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Exploring the World: The English come to America- Jamestown and Plymouth/segments 1-6 only 
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=66963FAB-6316-4D5A-A4AA-80DC9A997F37&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Pocahontas Prevents a War 
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=1CFE5B40-2097-45BD-8F5C-FCF52EEF7F5C&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

The New World Colonized 
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F63B7197-438A-4F73-A175-6588F256ABDE&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

John Rolf 
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F63B7197-438A-4F73-A175-6588F256ABDE&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Squanto-Interqactive 
http://www.weeklyreader.com/interactivestories/squanto.html

Squanto-the Mayflower 
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/BiographyTisquantum.php

Webquests

Discover Jamestown 
http://cmsweb2.lcps.org/page/40137

Jamestown 
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=75501

Jamestown #2 
http://www.moriahschool.org/Webquests/JamestownWQ/index.html

Jamestown Virginia 
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=98441

Why did the Europeans Colonize Jamestown? 
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=116942

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