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Teaching Resources for Your Classroom

Colonial Williamsburg offers a variety of quality instructional materials to help you teach students about 18th-century daily life, and how historians learn about the past, including the following:

"Jefferson's West" Electronic Field Trip2003–2004 ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE
21st-Century Technology Brings History Alive in Your Classroom

Soldier of Liberty October 9, 2003
Missions to America November 6, 2003
A Day in the Life December 4, 2003
The Rare Breeds January 15, 2004
Flames of Freedom February 12, 2004
"A Publick Education" March 11, 2004
Mr. Alderson's Farm April 15, 2004

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/

Discovering the Past Through Archaeology classroom simulation kitDISCOVERING THE PAST THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGY—A Classroom Simulation

Discovering the Past puts your students in the role of archaeologists. They make inferences and record information about artifacts. They read secondary sources and analyze primary sources. They measure and map artifacts on a site map. Working in cooperative groups, students analyze, identify, and classify artifacts to determine how each was used. The activities lead students to draw conclusions about the people who lived and worked on the archeological site. Active learning at its best! (Grades 4–8), $99.00. Purchase online


"Archaeology: Revealing Our History" videoARCHAEOLOGY: REVEALING OUR HISTORY
A Colonial Williamsburg Becoming Americans Series Video

Uncover the past with Colonial Williamsburg's archeologists. Two 20-minute episodes take you behind-the-scenes to actual historic sites. After visiting archeological digs, students go inside the archaeology labs to see how modern technology reveals important clues about our nation's history. (40 minute video with web access to comprehensive teacher materials). This program is part of our Becoming Americans Video Series. (Grades 4–8), $34.99. Purchase online


Archaeology for Young ExplorersARCHAEOLOGY FOR YOUNG EXPLORERS
by Patricia Samford and David L. Ribblett

This well illustrated book gives your students an "insiders" look at the work of archaeologists. Where do they dig? What do they find? How do they study the artifacts they discover? 67 pages. (Grades 4–8), $9.95. Purchase online




"The Eye of the Beholder: Looking at Primary Sources" lesson unit.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