American
History Online Spans more than 500 years of political,
military, social, and cultural history, highlighting
the important people and events of the American experience.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
Biography
Resource Center Use this Gale (InfoTrac) database to research
important people of Colonial times.
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Center at home, enter a library card number
from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts
in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
WEB SITES
Colonial
House A great interactive way to explore
life as a Colonist.
Salem
Witch Trials Primary source material, including
court records and maps.
America's
Story The Library of Congress presents
stories and fascinating facts from our country's history.
History of
Jamestown All about this early settlement,
including a timeline and list of settlers' names and
occupations. Learn about John Smith and Pocahontas.
Virtual
Jamestown An interactive site featuring firsthand
accounts, letters and maps.
King
Philip's War Information from the Pilgrim Hall
Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Spies
of the American Revolution Learn the stories and read the
letters involving people like Paul Revere and George
Washington that were stolen by spies.
Early
American and Colonial Literature By people like George Washington,
Anne Bradstreet, Coton Mather, William Bradford and
Mary Rowlandson from the Internet School Library Media
Center.
To use American History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password.