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September 2001
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Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

CONTENT:
Archiving Early America brings the documents of the 18th century to life through high-quality digital images, movies, and text.
AESTHETICS:
This attractive site features a consistent color scheme and graphics that have a period look. The Flash plug-in is required for viewing some of the movies, but users can download it from the site. Advertisements are present on most pages.
ORGANIZATION:
Visitors can access each of the major sections from the main page; internal pages have a bottom menu for navigating the site.
REVIEW:
Give your students a better understanding of the early events in American history that made our nation what it is today. Using digitized primary documents, newspapers, magazines, maps, and writings, students can view a historical account of this important time. Young students will enjoy such movies (viewable without the ads) as The Life of George Washington, Paul Revere: Messenger of the Revolution, and Molly Pitcher: An American Heroine. Included are the current and archived editions of The Early America Review and interactive or printable versions of the Crossword Puzzles. A discussion list and a fairly active forum are also available.
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