colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century African woman who, as a child, was brought to New England to be a slave, and after publishing her first poem when a teenager, gained renown throughout the colonies as an important black American poet.

In 1693, the village of Salem, Massachusetts was overcome with superstitious hysteria. At the peak of the madness someone hundred fifty people, male and female, were accused of being witches. Twenty of them were executed.

Describes daily life in early America, covering colonies in New England and the South.

Examines what life was like for early settlers in the English colonies found throughout America.

Presents a short study on the American colonial period, and contains graphic organizers that help to describe the political, economic, social, and religious life in the colonies as well as European influences.

Contains the script for the theater production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," in which a scorned young woman sets off a wave of hysteria in seventeenth-century Salem after accusing her lover's wife of witchcraft, and includes a screenplay based on the script.

Examines the Dutch Colony on Manhattan Island which exists prior to the original thirteen colonies in America, and includes important colonists, Native Americans, and a variety of events.