The New Jersey Colony: New Netherlands 1623 AD
CURRICULUM: America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass
Lesson 17 – Our American Story: The Dutch and Swedes in America
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.
Psalm 24:1-2
CURRICULUM: We The People by Bethany Poore
Documents: Flushing Remonstrance
Select One:
READ ALOUD: A True Book: The Thirteen Colonies Series: The New Jersey Colony by Kevin Cunningham
READ ALOUD: The New Jersey Colony (The American Colonies) by Muriel L. Dubois
READ ALOUD: New Jersey (Life in the Thirteen Colonies) by Jon Sterngass and Matthew Kachur
READ ALOUD: Wooden Shoes in America by Lois Maloy
READ ALOUD: Old Silver Leg Takes Over! A Story of Peter Stuyvesant by Robert Quackenbush
READ ALOUD: On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town by Arnold Lobel
TIDBIT: First Cows in America were brought by Dutch
TIDBIT: First Log Cabins in America were brought by Swedes
ACTIVITY: Build Log Cabins with Lincoln Logs
NOTEBOOK/LAPBOOK: Scholastic Easy Make & Learn Projects: Colonial America – Spinning Wheel
NOTEBOOK/LAPBOOK: Scholastic Easy Make & Learn Projects: Colonial America – Connect-the-Dots Spinning Wheel
Blessings,
Jennifer Hale and Marty Hale
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