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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, 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

It's fall! School's back in session and there is no time like the present to enliven the minds of your students with an in-class archaeology dig. 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. To purchase call 1-800-688-6473 or use the order form in the Teaching Resources Catalog.

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

"Archaeology: Revealing Our History" videoJOHN'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


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

We're proud to include a selection of musical instruments and music CDs in our newest Teaching Resources Catalog!
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.