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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.


Duel in the Wilderness (book)DUEL IN THE WILDERNESS by Karin C. Farley
A Book for Young Readers

An account of Washington's journey for younger readers. Young Major George Washington must deliver a message from the king of England to the French commanders in the Ohio wilderness. The mission will be dangerous. Washington has to travel through frontier lands where hostile Indians and French soldiers lurk. If he fails, England and France may go to war. (Grades 4-6), 220 pages, $4.95. 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.


In addition, we have a special LIMITED TIME OFFER!
20% off the retail price on four other selected products if ordered by December 31, 2007