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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:

Earning A Living As A Tradesperson in Colonial AmericaEARNING A LIVING AS A TRADESPERSON IN COLONIAL AMERICA
Lesson Units: Educating America's Citizens

The goods and services produced by skilled trades people were invaluable to early American communities. This unit uses primary sources - the Virginia Gazette newspaper, shop signs, biographies, and more - to discover the life and work of these people. This is an in-depth look at early American trades and economy. 143 pages.(Grades 4–8), $34.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.


Nancy's Story: 1765NANCY'S STORY: 1765
A Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans Series Book

Virginians are protesting the Stamp Act and Nancy Geddy is afraid the uncertain times will harm her father's business. And if that worry is not enough, Nancy's stepmother is making her life miserable. 165 pages. (Grades 4–6), $9.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.



A Day In The Life Video SeriesA DAY IN THE LIFE
Video Series & Companion Teaching Resources CD

Spend a day in Williamsburg, May 1774 Eight Episodes with Lesson Plans & 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. Closed Captioned, eight 18-minute episodes. (Grades 4–8), $99.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail Janice Petty.