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 | The Mother of ThanksgivingHistorian Anne Blue Wills tells the story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a New England magazine editor who campaigned tirelessly to put Thanksgiving on our national calendar.Grades 3-5 History-Social Science |
| John Winthrop & Mass Bay Colony IDuring the 1630s, English Puritans by the thousands left their homeland to build a new home in Massachusetts. Many were inspired by their leader, John Winthrop.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| John Winthrop & Mass Bay Colony IIDuring the 1630s, John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, established strict order in Boston and in surrounding settlements, but the godly order he organized was soon under challenge.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Georgia: The Founding IFounded by charter in 1732, the colony of Georgia served two purposes in its earliest years. The most important of these was to create a land buffer and military outpost between hostile Spanish territory and the rich colony of Carolina.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 History-Social Science |
| Georgia: The Founding IIThe founding the colony of Georgia in 1732 was the happy coincidence of security needs of British North America and the need to deal with the problem of overcrowded prisons in England.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 History-Social Science |
| Religious Tolerance in MarylandOne of the primary motives behind settlement of North America was the pursuit of religious freedom. Despite the fact that Catholics were always a minority in the colony, only in Maryland were Englishmen permitted to live side by side whether they were Puritan, members of the Church of England or Roman Catholic.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
 | Colonial EntrepreneursIn a burst of entrepreneurial creativity, the Virginia Company, founder of the Jamestown colony, tried again and again and again to make the colony a commercial success.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Profit Motive and Global EconomyThe Virginia Company's huge investment finally paid off. Although it came too late to save the company, the profits from tobacco made Jamestown a significant player in the world economy.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Voyage to VirginiaIn late April 1607 after 6000 miles and over four months at sea, a little flotilla bearing 104 settlers and the hopes of English investors, rounded Cape Henry beginning the grand adventure that became Virginia.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Virginia ExpandsJamestown was the first English settlement in Virginia in 1607. Within a few years, though, the colony began to stretch its boundaries both in population and territory.Grades 3-5 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
