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13 Colonies Activities
This section provides numerous printable and online activities related to the 13 Colonies
13 Colonies Blank Outline Map
Description: This is an outline map of the original 13 colonies. Perfect for labeling and coloring.
13 Colonies Symbols in Stamps and Coins
Description: This printable illustrates how elements of the 13 Colonies are honored on American coins and stamps and challenges students learning about the 13 Colonies to design their own coin and stamp representing the colonies.
13 Colonies Trades Word Search
Description: This is a simple word search. Students must find 13 colonies artisans such as blacksmith, silversmith, hatter, milliner, and others.
13 Colonies Artisans and Trades Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the 13 Colonies Artisans and Trades interactive exhibit and map.
13 Colonies Trades Matching
Description: How well do you know colonial artisans? This activity requires students to match the artisan with their job description.
Religion in the 13 Colonies Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Connecticut Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity requires students to read a short biography and then answer ten multiple choice questions.
Connecticut Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This is an interactive reading comprehension exercise with a passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Colonial New Haven Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity requires students to read a short passage and then answer seven multiple choice questions.
Colonial New Haven Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This interactive exercise features a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Colonial Rhode Island Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Delaware Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
French and Indian War Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 423 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Georgia Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 182 Words; LEXILE = 1110
Georgia Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 182 Words; LEXILE = 1110
House of Burgesses Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 199 Words; LEXILE: 1010
House of Burgesses Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 199 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Jamestown Colony Reading Comprehension Part 1
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 530 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Jamestown Colony Reading Comprehension Part 1 - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 530 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Jamestown Colony Reading Comprehension Part 2
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 570 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Jamestown Colony Reading Comprehension Part 2 - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 570 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Jamestown Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Jamestown Colony Reading Comprehension Part 3
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Lost Colony at Roanoke Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 426 Words; LEXILE: 910
Lost Colony at Roanoke Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 426 Words; LEXILE: 910
Maryland Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Maryland Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Massachusetts Bay Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions
New Jersey Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
New Jersey Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
New Amsterdam Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a detailed historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
New Amsterdam Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
North Carolina Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
North Carolina Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 297 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Pennsylvania Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 231 Words; LEXILE: 910
Not Boring Jeopardy - 13 Colonies Game
Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on the 13 colonies. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable.
Pennsylvania Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 231 Words; LEXILE: 910
Plymouth Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 533 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Plymouth Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 533 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Pontiac's Rebellion Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. ARTICLE LENGTH: 456 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Pontiac's Rebellion Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. ARTICLE LENGTH: 456 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Popham Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource requires students to read a short historical passage and answer seven multiple choice-questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 377 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Popham Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity features a short historical passage followed by seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 377 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Rhode Island Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Salem Welcome Sign
Description: This activity challenges students to design a welcome billboard to visitors entering the village of Salem in 1693 - the year after the Salem Witch Trials.
Salem Witch Trials Reading Comprehension
Description: This resources includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 467 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Salem Witch Trials Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 467 Words; LEXILE: 1010
South Carolina Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 301 Words; LEXILE: 1010
South Carolina Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 301 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Tic Tac DOUGH - 13 Colonies Edition
Description: Modeled after the 1970s game show, TIC TAC Dough requires students to get 1,000 points, or, score "tic" and "tac" by choose a panel between 1-9 and answering multiple choice questions about the 13 colonies. Behind each panel is a number panel, the word "tic", the word "tac" or the dreaded dragon. If a student picks the panel with the dragon, the game is automatically over - just like the real gameshow.
What is Indigo Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 150 Words; LEXILE: 810
What Colony am I?
Description: This printable activity requires students to read the description and identify the colony. Great as an assessment.
What is Indigo Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 150 Words; LEXILE: 810
Thomas Hooker (Connecticut) Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.
William Penn Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.
Charter Oak Writing Prompt
Description: This writing prompt describes Connecticut's legendary Charter Oak and then requires students to relate a great hiding spot of their own.
13 Colonies Online Label-me Map
Description: This awesome interactive map requires students to drag and drop the colony names to their correct places on the map.
The Worst Rule Ever - Royal Proclamation of 1763
Description: This fun prompt requires students to relate to how the colonists must have felt after the passage of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, by writing about the worst rule they've ever had to follow.
Halls of History - Online U.S. History Game
Description: Welcome to Halls of History! This game will test your visual knowledge of American history. There are seven sections to the game, five of which cover historical eras until the Civil War, and two of which cover famous people in American history. Click on each image in history to enlarge and inspect and then answer the question associated with it. When you are done with the game, you'll get a percentage score for each section.
Pennsylvania Colony Paragraph Paramedics
Description: Find and correct the spelling, punctuation, and usage errors in the paragraph. Click on the error and then type in the correction. Immediate feedback is given.
Philadelphia Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Tobacco in the Southern Colonies Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Tobacco in the Southern Colonies Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results.
Life in Puritan Massachusetts Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 309 Words; LEXILE: 910
Life in Puritan Massachusetts Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 309 Words; LEXILE: 910
Who were the Quakers? Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 485 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Who were the Quakers? -Reading Comprehension Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 485 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Make Your Own Colorful and Labeled 13 Colonies Map Online
Description: My "Maptivation" Program allows students to create their own maps of the 13 colonies, complete with their own colors, labels, map features, key and much more. Just select "13 colonies" from the pull-down menu.
Highlights of a Colonial Town: Williamsburg Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 195 Words; LEXILE = 810
Highlights of a Colonial Town: Williamsburg Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH = 195 Words; LEXILE = 810
King Phillip's War Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. 333 Words; LEXILE: 1210
King Phillip's War Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 333 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Life as a Blacksmith Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 198 Words; LEXILE: 910
Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 198 Words; LEXILE: 910
Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Sentence Puzzles
Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about life as a colonial blacksmith. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.
Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Cloze Reading - Printable
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph. This exercise gives immediate feedback
Cotton Mather Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Cotton Mather Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 443 WORDS; LEXILE: 1210
13 Colonies Regions - Fact Categorization
Description: This activity requires students to drag and drop each fact to its correct colonial region container.
13 Colonies Regions - Colony Categorization
Description: This activity requires students to drag and drop each colony to its colonial region container.
Thanksgiving Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the history of Thanksgiving that has seven factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
Jamestown Colony Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the history of Jamestown that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
13 Colonies Trades Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about 13 Colonies Trades that has nine factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
New England Colonies Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the New England Colonies that has nine factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
Mid-Atlantic Colonies Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the Mid-Atlantic Colonies that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
Southern Colonies Correct-me Passage - Online
Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about the Southern Colonies that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.
History of Cotton in America Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 460 Words; LEXILE: 1010
History of Cotton in America Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH = 460 Words; LEXILE: 1010
13 Trades Interactive Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is perfect for kids learning about the 13 Colonies trades. The scavenger hunt requires students to answer ten questions, while directing them to the pages on the site where the answers are found. This scavenger hunt gives immediate feedback.
Maryland Colony United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors Maryland's 300th anniversary.
William Penn United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors Pennsylvania founder William Penn.
Roger Williams United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors Providence founder William Penn.
The Landing of the Pilgrims United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors the 1620 landing of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Harbor.
Virginia Dare United States Postage Stamp Drawing
Description: This is a beautiful printable coloring sheet that features an authentic Virginia Dare United States Postage Stamp
The Landing of the Mayflower United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors the Landing of the Mayflower in 1620.
Massachusetts Bay Colony United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors the 300th anniversary of the formation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The 300th Anniversary of the Signing of the Mayflower Compact United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Mayflower Compact at Plymouth
John Smith United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page
Description: This stamp honors Jamestown leader John Smith.
Ms. Information Games - Jamestown
Description: Ms. Information is traveling the country trying to re-write history with her false information! Can you stop her? She has traveled to the Jamestown Village in Virginia to change the story of the colony's early history. Use your knowledge o Jamestown to foil her plan once and for all!
John Smith Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on John Smith in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about John Smith, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Pocahontas Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Pocahontas in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Pocahontas you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Pocahontas United States Postage Stamp Drawing
Description: This is a beautiful printable coloring sheet that features an authentic Pocahontas United States Postage Stamp.
James Oglethorpe Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on James Oglethorpe in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about James Oglethorpe, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
William Penn Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on William Penn in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about William Penn you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Thomas Hooker Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Thomas Hooker in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Thomas Hooker you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Roanoke Island - the Anatomy of a Mystery
Description: This fun writing prompt requires students to analyze the mystery of the Lost Colony before detailing a mystery in their own lives, or, another mystery they're familiar with in history, literature, movies, video games, or current events.
Roanoke Island - Supplies for Survival
Description: This fun critical thinking exercise requires students to role play as a Roanoke settler, who has the magical power to warp to the future to garner modern supplies. There are rules, however, that students must follow in selecting three supplies that they would bring to Roanoke that would help the colony survive.
John Smith Meets 21st Century Symbols and Lingo
Description: This fun writing activity requires students to role play as John Smith, writing a summary of his experiences in Jamestown to an editor writing a book. The fun part for students, is that they are encouraged to use 21st century lingo such as "sus," "bro" and symbols and abbreviations such as LOL, SMH, and #.
Comparing and Contrasting the Puritans and Quakers
Description: This fun writing activity requires students to sort whether various statements apply to the Puritans, Quakers, or both.
13 Colonies Interactive Fact or Fiction - New!
Description: This interactive page allows students to use the interactive 13 Colonies map to determine whether statements about the colonies are fact or fiction.
13 Colonies - Two Truths and a Lie
Description: This interactive activity requires students to evaluate three statements about a colony, two of which are truths, and one of which is a lie. The program gives immediate feedback.

