The Bob & Marion Wilson Educator Resource Library features lesson materials developed by historians and educators to address educators’ needs for engaging, inclusive, relevant American history and civics resources. The Educator Resource library includes primary sources, multimedia content, lesson plans, and additional materials for use by teachers, students, and scholars of all ages.

Places

The diverse population of colonial Williamsburg can be seen by the homes people lived and worked in. What could you learn by walking into someone’s home? These resources can help you learn not only about the person who lived there but also about society at large.

Family Homes

From the Capitol to churches to the Governor’s Palace to the Court House to the taverns. Use the resources to learn more about the various buildings that were used for and by the colonial government.

Government Buildings

This collection includes resources on the various trades, including the people and the science, that helped build Williamsburg and a nation.

Historic Trades

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Taverns

American Revolution

Learn about events leading up to and during the American Revolution.

Events

Read, write, review! Understanding our nation’s founding documents, from those who created them, to today’s students critically reflecting on the past, present, and future from these documents.

Founding Documents

I spy a Revolution! Men and women from all walks of life in and around Williamsburg were instrumental to the military. From primary sources to videos and lessons on spies, wars, and the daily life of a soldier.

Military

A city that is more than the deciding battle and site of the 1781 surrender for the American Revolution. A major trade city for the economy of colonial America, use resources to explore why Yorktown was important to the British as much of the colonies before and during the Revolution.

Yorktown

Teacher Institute & Conference Resources

Whether you have participated in one of our Teacher Institute sessions, plan on participating in the future, or are just looking for education materials; these materials are from many of our programs that are for you to use in your lesson plans as well as enhance your understanding of our education offerings. For more information on the Teacher Institute and its programs, visit <a href="https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/teach" target="_blank">https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/teach</a>

Teacher Institute Program Materials

Presentations and learning materials from staff across Colonial Williamsburg. Use these resources to deepen your knowledge of colonial Williamsburg and the interconnections from our Teacher Institute programs to your own resources.

Conference Resources

More Resources

Explore additional resources to expand teaching, learning, and interests of colonial Williamsburg and other historical sites and events.

More Resources

Explore the community of Williamsburg through this animated series of videos entitled “What the Huzzah is That?” Designed for early grade-schoolers, each video & corresponding lesson plan highlight a different facet of 18th-century community life, encouraging children to think about and find relevance in their communities today.

What the Huzzah is That?