Williamsburg Lesson Plans to Prepare for a School Trip - Scholastica Travel

How can I get my students even more engaged during our trip to Williamsburg?

Williamsburg is the perfect place to explore the Revolutionary War, the Founding Fathers, and American history in more depth.

Many of the sites that you will visit in Williamsburg have developed lesson plans to begin engagement in the classroom. Provide a deeper appreciation for the places you will visit by exploring a focus topic prior to the trip.

Williamsburg Lesson Plans

Colonial Williamsburg:

Family Life:
- People and Pockets of the Past
- No Master Over Me Literary Resources
- Matthew Ashby, A Williamsburg Resident

Historic Trades:
- The John Smith Map
- Committees of Correspondence
- The Global Economy
- Building History – Investigation of the Randolph Site
- The Amazing Trade Shop Science Race – Evaluation Activity
- A Scientist’s Toolbox (Amazing Trade Shop Science Race)
- The Amazing Trade Shop Science Race – Literacy Resources
- The Amazing Trade Shop Math Race – Joining the Cause for Independence

Government
- Declaring Independence . . . Again and Again
- Small Edits, Big Consequences
- Rights, Controversies, and the American Revolution
- The Reconstruction Amendments
- How a Bill Becomes a Law: Debate Activity
- The Evolution of Slavery and the Law
- Colonial Slavery: Primary Sources
- The Boston Tea Party Primary Source Collection
- The Boston Massacre Primary Source Collection
- Bacon or Berkeley?
- Prelude to the Revolution
- Using Coded Messages
- Westward Expansion through Maps
- Political Cartoons Teacher’s Guide
- Founding Documents
- Defining Freedom: Founding Documents and Slavery

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