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Teaching Resources for Your Classroom

Colonial Williamsburg offers a variety of quality instructional materials to help you teach students about life in early America, including the following:

Aesop's Fables Playing CardsAESOP'S FABLES PLAYING CARDS

18th-century playing cards feature Aesop's Fables. Based on a deck printed by I. Kirk ca 1759.
$7.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331.

 

 


Quill Pen, Ink Powder, & PaperQUILL PEN, INK POWDER & PAPER
Eighteenth-century writing implements

A goose feather quill pen and powdered ink (makes 3 fluid oz.) were the basic writing instruments in the 18th century. Twelve sheets of laid paper and envelopes in pack.
Powdered Ink: $2.50. best Writing Paper: $5.50. Quill Pen: $2.00 To order, call 1-800-761-8331.

 

 

Stories Under African SkiesSTORIES UNDER AFRICAN SKIES
Stories in the African American Tradition

Stories and music were essential to African culture and to the African American culture forcibly transplanted into the New World. This recording, with a special narration by "Roots" author Alex Haley, brings together the stories of these uprooted Africans and some of their music. Audio CD $17.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331.



A Day In the Life A DAY IN THE LIFE
Video Series and Companion Teaching Resources CD

Spend a day in Williamsburg in May 1774! Eight episodes with lesson plans and primary sources. Each 18-minute video is a window to the daily life of people in early America. In this four-video set, some of the 18th-century people with whom you'll spend a May day include: Tom, an apprentice carpenter; Mr. Carter, a counselor to the royal governor; Daniel Grove, a young gentry man who will escort Mr. Carter's daughter to an evening ball; Jill, a slave on the Grove plantation; Anne, a free black seamstress; Patsy, the daughter of a store owner, and many more. Includes a CD-ROM with 180 pages of lesson plans and primary source materials. (Grades 4–8), $99.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331.