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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:

Hands-On History: American Indian Bandolier BagAMERICAN INDIAN BANDOLIER BAG
Hands-On History Kit

Excite your students' imaginations with this kit: a powder horn, a clay pipe, 3 strings of trade beads, swatches of deerskin and red wool broadcloth, 6 pieces of trade silver, a small wooden spoon, and a musket ball, all stored in a cotton canvas bag like those used by eighteenth-century American Indians. Includes a teacher-developed activity guide.(Grades 3–8), $75.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.


Discovering the Past Through ArchaeologyDISCOVERING THE PAST THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGY
A Classroom Simulation

Discovering the Past Through Archaeology puts your students in the role of archaeologists. 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 archaeological site. Active learning at its best! Each Classroom Simulation kit includes: a modern mystery story that familiarizes students with archaeological methods, the excavation site reproduced on heavy card stock that can be arranged on student desks, reproduction artifacts (contents vary), directions for basic site investigation, and primary documents and sources. Also included for teachers are instructions, background information about archaeology, suggestions for adding additional artifacts, and extension activities.(Grades 4–8), $99.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.


Archaeology: Revealing Our HistoryARCHAEOLOGY: REVEALING OUR HISTORY
Becoming Americans Video Series

Uncover the past with Colonial Williamsburg's archaeologists. Two 20-minute episodes take you behind the scenes to actual historical sites. After visiting archaeological digs, students go inside the archaeology labs to see how modern technology reveals important clues about our nation's history. 40-minute video with Web access to comprehensive teacher materials.(Grades 4–8), $39.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.


Archaeology for Young ExplorersARCHAEOLOGY FOR YOUNG EXPLORERS
by Patricia Samford and David L. Ribblett

This well-illustrated book gives an "insiders" look at the work of archaeologists. Where do they dig? What do they find? How do they study the artifacts they discover? (Grades 4–8), 67 pages. $9.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.