Virtual Field Trips: Early America

 

We’ve been studying Native American culture, how the lives of the Native Americans were changed by the arrival of the Europeans, and how the Europeans struggled during their first few years.  Many of the European settlements have been recreated either as Living Museums or as Historical Interpretation Parks, but they’re too far away and too costly for us to visit!

 

Soooo, we’re going to go on virtual field trip to explore what life would be like if you lived in the 1500 and 1600’s. Below you will find field trip sites for:

  • Iroquois Village
  • Plimouth Plantation
  • Hobomauk’s Village
  • St. Mary’s City
  • Jamestown Settlement

 

Select the trip you want to take by clicking on the link. 

 

Iroquois Village

 

painting of charrring ends of postspainting of canoes on the water            About the Longhouse                              Explore the Village     

 

 

Did you ever wonder what an Iroquois village looked like?  ‘Visit’ an Iroquois village as it would have looked 500 years ago by clicking on the site below.  Read the text for details important to your trip.

 

Iroquois Village: To complete your trip, click on “About the Longhouse,” then “Explore the Site” and last “Explore the Village.”

 

 

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Plimoth Plantation

Colonist teaches a child how to make bread               1627 Pilgrim Village, click here for more information.                A Wampanoag native and a colonist taking a break from their work

 

 

It’s always 1627 at the Plimoth Plantation.  This living museum will give you great insights into what life was like for the early settlers of our country.  This field trip location is the place where the books Sarah Morton’s Day and Samuel Eaton’s Day were photographed. Read about the settlers, step aboard a reproduction of the Mayflower, and view the interiors of the village.

 

Plimoth Plantation Home Page:  click on the first picture to begin your trip.  Then click on Visit, then Virtual Trip to continue your trip!

 

Colonists show their legs...and their support.

 

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Hobbamock’s Homesite

 

                                     

 

Who are the Wampanoag and why are they important to our history?  Click on the Wampanoag’s Hobbamock Homesite at Plimoth Plantation site below and find out!  Visit the home of Hobbamock, a Wampanoag, to learn how this important group lived in the past and how they live now.  The photographs from the book Tapenum’s Day were taken here.

 

Hobbamock's Homesite at Plimoth Plantation:  Read the background with Hobbamock’s picture, then click on Virtual Trip and you’re on your way!

 

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St. Mary’s City

                      

 

St. Mary’s City is the oldest European settlement in the state of Maryland.  Your trip here will show you how these first Marylanders lived in the 1600’s.  Make sure to click on each of the choices to see everything there is to see!  This is one site you might even get your parents to take you to!

St. Mary's City:  Click on the Waterfront, Plantation, Town Center, Woodland Indian Hamlet.  To complete your field trip, remember to click on the virtual tour at the Exhibit site!

 

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Jamestown Settlement

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                        

 

 

 

 

Visit the oldest settlement in the state of Virginia.  This is a short virtual look inside the fort at Jamestown.  Click on the link below, then move the mouse around to see inside the fort to see how the settlers lived in the 1600’s.  This is another site that is close enough for your family to take a REAL trip!

 

Virtual Jamestown Fort will take you on the tour.  For another look at Jamestown and its history click on Jamestown History and you’ll get background information for your trip.