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Colonial Williamsburg offers a variety of quality instructional materials to
help you teach students about 18th-century life, including the following:
ELECTRONIC
FIELD TRIP: "CROSSROADS"
21st-Century Technology Brings History Alive in Your Classroom
Travel through colonial Virginia the way people did in the eighteenth century.
On horseback, in a carriage, or on foot, you'll traverse the lanes of time in
this unique transportation experience. With registration you receive a Teacher's
Guide, website access to additional activities and resources, 1-800 access to
Colonial Williamsburg historians, Internet interaction, technical assistance,
and a classroom poster. (Grades 4–8), $100.00. To register call 1-800-761-8331
or go to
http://www.history.org/trips/
HANDS-ON
HISTORY: LADY'S POCKET
Eighteenth-Century Artifacts for the Classroom
Women tied on their pockets and reached through slits in their petticoats to reach
the personal items they kept there. This lady's pocket contains a fan, a wig curler,
sewing implements (needle case and wax animal), coins (pieces of eight), a seal
and wax, Aesop's Fable cards, and a recipe. Teacher materials include a lesson
strategy, discovery worksheet, annotated artifact inventory, glossary, graphic
organizers, primary sources, and illustrations. (Grades 3–8), $75.00.
Purchase
online
TEACHING
LITERACY THROUGH HISTORY
Lesson Plans and Materials Designed by Teachers for Teachers
Use primary documents to help your students become independent readers with
a critical mind, attuned to evaluating their sources. These materials with associated
writing activities provide strategies and tools to help your students become
independent nonfiction readers. 108 pages. (Grades 4–8), $34.95. Purchase
online
THE YOUNG AMERICANS SERIES
Colonial Williamsburg Children Tell Their Stories
ANN'S
STORY: 1747
A Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans Series Book
Nine-year-old Ann needs to start behaving like a proper young lady, learning
to knit, cook, and manage a household; but she would rather assist her father,
Dr. McKenzie, with his patients. (Grades 4-6), $9.95. Purchase
online
CAESAR'S
STORY: 1759
A Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans Series Book
Why do things have to change? Caesar lives with his family, but he is a slave
and when the master selects him to be a personal servant in the big house, Caesar
has to obey. (Grades 4-6), $9.95.
Purchase
online
WILL'S
STORY: 1771
A Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans Series Book
Twelve-year-old Will Pelham is the son the Williamsburg jailer. Will befriends
Emmanuel, an imprisoned runaway slave, and discovers his plans for an escape.
(Grades 4-6), $9.95.
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online
MARIA'S
STORY: 1773
A Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans Series Book
When Maria Rind's father dies, her mother is forced to continue his work writing
and publishing the
Virginia Gazette newspaper. That leaves Maria to look
after her three brothers, a task she does not enjoy. (Grades 4-6), $9.95.
Purchase
online
JOHN'S
STORY: 1775
A Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans Series Book
As tensions rise between England and the colonies, John's father hopes for a peaceful
solution. When his older brother George joins the militia to fight for Virginia
liberties John is torn between the two people he admires most. (Grades 4-6), $9.95.
Purchase
online
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