The 13 American Colonies: Fun and Foul Facts
Mr. Marshall
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(82)
A beginner's history of America's Colonies
Class experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Beginner Level
Inspired by Elizabeth Raum's youth history book, "The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies," this class provides a fun, one-meeting overview of primarily English Settlement in North America. Each of the thirteen colonies will be featured with three or four historical facts, a fun fact, and a foul fact. At the end of the course, we will play a kahoot together to review what we have learned. The class is designed to be interactive but will also include lesson slides, a short video clip or two, with...
This class is taught in English.
Students will come away with some basic facts about the thirteen American Colonies such as dates of settlement, Europeans who traveled to the colonies, and a bit about the Native people who lived here when Europeans arrived. The fun and foul facts aim at the student remember something unusual and tying to one the U.S. States.
I have taught history lessons to more than 100 Outschool students from 9-17 years old, and before that I taught at the college level. I strive to be sensitive to students when presenting difficult or sensitive material.
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2 files available upon enrollmentI direct my students to supplementary information to encourage research and additional learning. The links I have thus far included are: American colonies British and United States history https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-colonies, The Fact File https://thefactfile.org, The History of Colonial America Song https://youtu.be/Do4Ryapg3eU, Chronicling America Historic Newspapers https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/, and Britannica Online Encyclopedia https://www.britannica.com/.
Some of the information is gross, shocking, and possibly disturbing to sensitive learners, but it's intended to make the material more fun for middle school-aged learners. It's more along the lines of "Horrible Histories," which are gross but not visually disturbing.
Optional Source for additional learning: Raum, Elizabeth. The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies: The Disgusting Details About Life in Colonial America(JN). Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press, 2010.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(82)
Homeschoolers welcome! I offer interactive and fun social studies and history classes for learners from 8 to 18. Most of my classes are based on a high-quality Young Adult history book. Before Outschool, I taught U.S. History and Culture at...
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$21
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 66 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
3-7 learners per class
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