Sharpen students' critical-thinking and research skills with this word research. Parents, students, and teachers will love this history-based puzzle with corresponding research questions. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.

Students first research history facts to answer fill-in-the-blank type of questions about American history. Then they circle their answers in word searches. These self-checking exeercises are great for review.

Sharpen students' critical-thinking and research skills with this word research. Parents, students, and teachers will love this history-based puzzle with corresponding research questions. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.

Sharpen students' critical-thinking and research skills with this word research. Parents, students, and teachers will love this history-based puzzle with corresponding research questions. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.

Sharpen students' critical-thinking and research skills with this word research. Parents, students, and teachers will love this history-based puzzle with corresponding research questions. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.

"Begins with a collection of exploration and colonial documents, including important journals of exploration, reports of New World settlements, early political tracts on self-governing. Also included are narratives on colonial life and slavery and indentured servitude. An important supplement to each historical document is a carefully designed lesson plan, which follows national history standards for learning, to guide students and educators in document analysis and historical comprehension. Study questions, activities, and suggested author pairings will establish the legacy of documents and authorship for readers today. In addition, comparative analysis highlights how every document emerges from a myriad of social and political influences. A historical timeline, maps, and a bibliography of important supplemental readings will support readers in understanding the broader historical events and subjects in the period. An introduction for each of the major subjects covered in the title considers the significance of document analysis for students and educators.--Publisher information

This text is a study of 16 individuals who lived during the colonial period of American history. These mini-biographies aim to highlight the exploits and actions of well-known and obscure individuals whose lives provide insight into the time in which they lived.