Hands-On History Kits

Each Hands-On Kit contains:

• Teacher Guide
• Reproduction artifacts
• Discovery worksheet
• Glossary
• Graphic Organizers
• Primary sources
• Illustrations

Choose from four Hands-On History Kits

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  Lady's Pocket

  Eighteenth-century women tied on pockets under their skirts and reached through slits in their petticoats to retrieve items. This lady's pocket contains a fan, wig curler, sewing implements (needle case and wax animal), coins (pieces of eight), seal and wax, Aesop's Fables playing cards, receipt (recipe), and a teacher guide.

  Grades 3-8
  Item # 746891
  $99.00

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  American Indian Bandolier Bag

  Excite your students' imaginations with this kit: a powder horn, clay pipe, three strings of trade beads, swatches of deer skin and red wool broadcloth, pieces of trade silver, small wooden spoon, musket ball, and a teacher guide all stored in a cotton canvas bag like those used by eighteenth-century American Indians.

  Grades 3-8
  Item # 1269992
  $99.00

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  Slave's Bag

  Eighteenth-century slaves often carried their personal belongings in a bag or basket. This simple drawstring fabric bag contains a bill of sale, oyster shell, flint and steel, wooden spoon, pewter button, piece of chain, feather quill, pair of stockings, and a teacher guide..

  Grades 3-8
  Item # 746909
  $99.00

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  Soldier's Haversack

  Soldier's used a stout canvas bag with a shoulder strap to carry their rations and personal belongings. This Revolutionary War haversack carries a copy of the Virginia Gazette newspaper, dice, a pennywhistle, musket ball, flint and steel, tin cup, cockade, playing cards, and a teacher guide.

  Grades 3-8
  Item # 746883
  $99.00

Discovering the Past through Archaeology
Hands-On Resource Kit

A Classroom Simulation

Each Classroom Simulation kit includes:

• A modern mystery story that familiarizes students with archeological methods
• An “excavation site” printable resource
• Reproduction artifacts (contents vary)
• Directions for basic site investigation
• Primary documents and sources

Teachers also receive:

• Instructions for the archeological activities
• Background information about archeology
• Instructions for placing artifacts within the “site”
• Suggestions for adding additional artifacts
• Extension activities

Grades 4-8
Item # 986471
$99.00

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