Great Colonial America Projects
Great Colonial America Projects

Author: Kris Bordessa

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1936749254

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Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9–12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors.

Explore Colonial America!
Explore Colonial America!

Author: Verna Fisher

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1934670766

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In Explore Colonial America!, kids ages 6-9 learn about America’s earliest days as European settlements, and how the colonists managed to survive, build thriving colonies, and eventually challenge England for independence. How did the colonists build homes, feed and clothe themselves, and get along with the Native Americans who were already here? This accessible introduction to the colonial period teaches young children about the daily lives of ordinary colonists and offers fascinating stories about those who helped shape the emerging nation. Activities range from creating a ship out of a bar of soap and building a log home out of graham crackers and pretzels to making a wampum necklace. Projects are easy-to-follow, require minimal adult supervision, and use primarily common household products and recycled supplies. By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore Colonial America!, and have a great time discovering our nation’s founding years.

Colonial Kids
Colonial Kids

Author: Laurie Carlson

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 1997-08

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1569767815

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Gives instructions for preparing foods, making clothes, and creating other items used by European settlers in America, thereby providing a description of the daily life of these colonists.

Colonial America
Colonial America

Author: Alan Taylor

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0199766231

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In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the transatlantic and a transcontinental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flows of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas.

The Colonial Craftsman
The Colonial Craftsman

Author: Carl Bridenbaugh

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0486144739

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Excellent study examines lives and work of American cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, blacksmiths, and many other artisans, before 1775. "A fascinating study." — The New Yorker. 18 illustrations.

Easy Make and Learn Projects - The Human Body
Easy Make and Learn Projects - The Human Body

Author: Donald M. Silver

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2000-02

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780439040877

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Contains easy instructions for making twenty models, manipulatives, and mini-books that will teach students in grades two through four about the human body.

Colonial Life
Colonial Life

Author: Brendan January

Publisher: Children's Press(CT)

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780516216287

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Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

You Wouldn't Want to be an American Colonist!
You Wouldn't Want to be an American Colonist!

Author: Jacqueline Morley

Publisher: Franklin Watts

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780531259467

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This best-selling series engages readers of all levels by making them part of the story. Readers will become the main character and can revel in the gory and dark sides of life throughout important moments in history. Key Features:Perfect resource for reluctant readers with: humor and history tied to curriculum entertaining sidebars to pique reader's curiosity comprehensive glossary to support content index to make navigating subject matter easier

If You Lived in Colonial Times
If You Lived in Colonial Times

Author: Ann McGovern

Publisher: Turtleback

Published: 1992-05-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780833587763

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Looks at the homes, clothes, family life, and community activities of boys and girls in the New England colonies.

GREAT PIONEER PROJECTS
GREAT PIONEER PROJECTS

Author: Rachel Dickinson

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1936749270

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What was it like to be an American pioneer during the 1800s? Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9 and up to the settling of the great American frontier with over 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Young learners build replica sod houses, log cabins, and covered wagons and create their own printing presses and maps. Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself provides detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project. Historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and fascinating trivia support the fun projects and teach readers about the American pioneers’ relentless push westward. Together they give kids a first-hand look at daily life on the trail and on the frontier. Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself brings the American Pioneer experience to life.