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Could you identify a sausage gun if you had to? How about a plate warmer or a well-sweep? Any idea how the term log-rolling really originated? Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911), a prolific popular historian and the first American to chronicle everyday life and customs of the colonial era, describes what these and many other obscure utensils were and how they were used. She also conveys a vivid picture of home production of textiles, colonial dress, transportation,...
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Experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors. Learn how to make a straw tick, dipped candles, a broom, a braided rug, cloth, a fan, bricks, a wampum, a tin lantern, marbles and more. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project combine with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and trivia.
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"In this newly revised edition of Colonial Life, young readers will meet the hardworking people of a colonial community, learn about the importance of family members, and discover the roles that religion and education played in people's lives more than two hundred years ago. They will also learn about: how people traveled from place to place; how adults and children; how a plantation was run, and the impact of the slave trade."--
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Presents history of America's early settlers and their brave journey. This title provides a kid-focused approach to learning answers to questions such as: what were colonial houses like; what did the colonists eat; and, was there really a Thanksgiving feast between Native Americans and the Pilgrims.
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4th of July Reads (adults)
MPL-Women Who Made History
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Women's History Month (teens)
MPL-Women Who Made History
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
Women's History Month (teens)
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Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women -- they ensured their family's survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Even in this world defined entirely by men, a world where no one...
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"Would you have survived in the American Colonies? Make decisions and tally your score to find out. Written at a lower reading level with considerate text, these high maturity books are sure to grab struggling readers as they engage and play along. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities."--
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In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes to dainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulness is in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.
16) The woodworkers
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Discusses the importance of wood in colonial times, describing how trees were cut down and made into lumber and the training of apprentice carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, and wheelwrights.
17) Colonial living
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Describes the industries, schools, society, culture, and growth of the coastal settlements during the colonial period.
18) The blacksmith
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Introduces the tools, activities, and importance of the blacksmith in colonial communities.
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