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.

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 #.

Description: Students must write a satirical letter to John Smith from the perspective of a gentleman who is being forced to work for his food.

Description: Students learn how John Smith instituted "tough love" at Jamestown and must detail a time in their lives when they've been the recipient of tough love.

Description: Students will explain the idea of being “ahead of one’s time” by comparing Anne Hutchinson or Roger Williams to a fictional or modern figure who challenged accepted ideas or unfair rules.

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.

Description: This writing prompt describes Connecticut's legendary Charter Oak and then requires students to relate a great hiding spot of their own.

Description: Students will compare life in Puritan Massachusetts to a fictional character who lived under unreasonable rules by explaining how strict expectations shaped both experiences.