Teacher Resources

(A list of resources used to help the learner accomplish the task)

Group 1 : Colonial Trades

1. Colonial Trades from Williamsburg

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm

2. Colonial Tools

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/tools/tlhdr.cfm

 

Group 2 : Colonial Schooling

1. Old Sturbridge Village District School

2. Education in the 13 American Colonies Fun facts about colonial schooling


3. Education for Boys and Girls - Find out the differences in schooling for boys and girls


 4. Education in the Colonies - Find out how schools were run in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies
 

5. Kid Info: Colonial Life  - Scroll down to "Colonial Education" to find more information about this subject (some links are already on this page)! Feel free to check out some of the other great links, too!

 

 

Group 3 : Everyday Life in Colonial Times

1. Children's Activities

http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/geddy/geddychi.cfm

2. Colonial Games and Toys

http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/games.html

3. What Did the Colonists Eat?

http://www.apva.org/exhibit/eats.html

4. Interesting Facts About Colonial Food and Dinnertime

http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Food/Kitchen.trivia.html

5. Liesure Time and Games

http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-games.htm

6.Amusements in Colonial New England

http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/amusements.html

 

Group 4 : Colonial Clothing

1. 18th Century Clothing in Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm

2. 18th Century Children's Clothing

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/children/index.cfm

3. 18th Century Men's Clothing

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/men/index.cfm

4. 18th Century Women's Clothing

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/women/index.cfm

 

Additional Books Used in this Lesson :

If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern, 1992

Samuel Eaton's Day by Kate Waters, 1996

Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Waters, 1993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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