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EDUCATORS
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The Goffstown
Historical Society has prepared the following resources for educators
regarding the history Goffstown, New Hampshire.
- Collections
(artifacts and documents), town
histories, and genealogies of local residents
- Take a
Field Trip to the Goffstown Historical Society, we offer tours
to school groups with chaperones. Contact
us regarding a tour, so your students will learn how early
residents lived, played, worked, and what they wore.
- Teach your
students how to "Grow" Their Family Tree. This is a
wonderful way for you to teach U.S. History with a focus on their
personal histories.
- Take your
students on a "Walking Tour of Goffstown
NH"
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Resources
on other web sites:
History
Games and Tasks for your Classroom, along with some General Web Sites for Kids
- ANCIENT HISTORY
- History
for Kids
- History
Help - from the Smithsonian Institute, includes topics
on Genghis Kahn; King Tutankhamun; Egypt: Secrets of the Ancient
World; Marco Polo; and Mummies.
- EARLY BRITISH/CELTIC
HISTORY
- AMERICAN
HISTORY (GENERAL)
- History
- FirstGov - links provided by the Federal Citizen
Information Center
- History
Help - from the Smithsonian Institute, includes topics
on Attack on Pearl Harbor, Lewis and Clark, Salem Witchcraft
Hysteria, Statue of Liberty, Underground Railroad, Urban Sprawl
and The White House.
- The
Internet African American History Challenge
- America's
Story, from the Library of Congress:
Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the
States, Join America At Play, See, Hear and Sing.
- Time
For Kids Online - Women's History
- The
History of Inventions - from Kid Info
- Famous
Explorers - Kids-Super Sleuths
- DiscoverySchool.com
- lessons plans for educators, grades K-12
- COLONIAL
- Children
in Colonial America - This is a unit for grades 4th-5th
that clearly describes the lives of children of the European
settlers. This unit will then proceed to describe early homes,
home care, clothing, chores, education, food, and recreation.
An overview of a typical child of Williamsburg and Virginia
are also included. Illustrated with photos and reproductions,
books that cover much the same background will be listed for
children and adults alike to use as a reference to learn about
this influential part of the United States.
- Children's
Literature Site
(US History, Colonial America 1600-1776) - lesson plans and
idea in teaching history and literature
- Kids
Zone - Colonial Williamsburg - offers games, activities,
and resources about life in colonial America; also provides
lesson plans and other resources for parents and teachers.
- Colonial
Kids: A Celebration of Life in the 1700's
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
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