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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 involve them in the daily life of a common soldier of the Revolutionary War, including the following:

Hands-On History: Soldier's HaversackHANDS-ON HISTORY: SOLDIER'S HAVERSACK
18th-Century Artifacts for the Classroom

Discover the hands-on excitement of historical investigation. A stout canvas bag with a shoulder strap used to carry a soldier's rations, and personal belongings. This Revolutionary War haversack carries a copy of the Virginia Gazette newspaper, a penny whistle, dice, a musket ball, flint and steel, a tin cup, a cockade, and playing cards. Teacher materials include a lesson strategy, discovery worksheet, annotated artifact inventory, glossary, graphic organizers, primary sources, and illustrations. This kit is a perfect complement to the premier of Colonial Williamsburg's Soldier of Liberty Electronic Field Trip, October 9, 2003.(Grades 3–8), $75.00. Purchase online

"Songs for a Revolution" lesson unit.SONGS FOR A REVOLUTION
Lesson Plans and Materials Designed by Teachers for Teachers

"Liberty Songs" rallied the American colonists like Nathaniel Hutchison, leading character in Colonial Williamsburg's upcoming Soldier of Liberty Electronic Field Trip. Additionally, many selections parodied British political songs. Your students can explore the politics and propaganda of the American Revolution through lyrics and music including an overview of the popular "Yankee Doodle" and a music CD titled In Freedom We Were Born: Songs from the Revolution. (Grades 7–12), $34.95. Purchase online

Tin Whistles and Fifes: Sounds of Colonial AmericaTIN WHISTLES AND FIFES
Sounds of Colonial America

Learn to play simple tunes on a tin whistle with instructions from the Tin Whistle Tune Book, or become a fifer of the 2nd Virginia Regiment and give a fife a try!
1. The Tin Whistle Tune Book, compiled and written by Dr. William E. White. Nothing brings the past to life like music.These tunes in the are the popular music of the 18th century—the music that set colonists to whistling, humming, and dancing. Let the music students in your class recreate sounds of the past with these simple and delightful melodies. Tune Book, $3.25. Tune Book and Tin Whistle Set, $9.00.
2. Tin Whistle—The tin whistle, or penny whistle as it was known in 18th-century England, was a popular and inexpensive musical instrument (length 12"). $6.00.
3 & 4. Fifes—Along with drums, fifes were used to signal commands in battle and to call out the daily routine of 18th-century military camp life. Instructions included (length approx. 16"). Maple wood fife, $18.00. Plastic fife, $7.95. To purchase, call 1-800-688-6473 or use the order form in the Teaching Resources Catalog.

"Marching Out of Time" CDMARCHING OUT OF TIME
The Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg

The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps performs authentic 18th-century military music. Hear tunes that inspired the courage of our patriots and step along to the exhilarating martial music that marked the routine of military troops during the Revolutionary War and sent them marching into battle. CD, $17.95. Cassette, $10.95. To purchase, call 1-800-688-6473 or use the order form in the Teaching Resources Catalog.


"Williamsburg—The Story of a Patriot" VideoWILLIAMSBURG—THE STORY OF A PATRIOT
The classic film that has introduced millions of visitors to Williamsburg

This video will introduce your students to the crucial period of time in the eighteenth century when colonists resisted British taxation with out representation, met force with force, and chose revolution. 36 minutes. (Grades 5 and up). $19.95. To purchase, call 1-800-688-6473 or use the order form in the Teaching Resources Catalog.



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You may also find the following items helpful for next month's Electronic Field Trip, Missions to America (November 6, 2003).

"The Eye of the Beholder: Looking at Primary Sources" lesson unit.THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: LOOKING AT PRIMARY SOURCES
Lesson Plans and Materials Designed by Teachers for Teachers

Two-dozen primary sources from the colonial period and suggestions for incorporating document-based inquiry in your classroom. This unit features analysis instruments for such items as songs, poems, architecture, and documents. This unit includes and 11 page Document Based Questions lesson utilizing primary source images and quotes dealing with Native Americans. 127 pages. (Grades 4–8), $34.95. Purchase online

"The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire: Indians in Seventeenth-Century Virginia" bookTHE RISE AND FALL OF THE POWHATAN EMPIRE: INDIANS IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VIRGINIA
A Colonial Williamsburg Foundations of American Series Book

This book describes how the English vied with the Powhatan Indians to dominate the lands and resources in Tidewater Virginia. The author depicts the native inhabitants and the newcomers as equal actors in a drama whose outcome was not a foregone conclusion. (Teacher reading material), 42 pages, illustrated. $9.95. To purchase, call 1-800-688-6473 or use the order form in the Teaching Resources Catalog.