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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:

A Day in the Life instructional videos A DAY IN THE LIFE
Instructional Videos

What was a day like in 1774? How did people live? Actually, it depended on who you were. A Day in the Life looks at the lives of eight people—men and women, young and old, free and enslaved—to give your students a look at daily life in colonial America. Each eighteen-minute video is a window to the daily life of people in early America. Episode eight explores the role of a middle class woman in the eighteenth century, as we follow Mrs. Wood through her day of supervising the household, running errands, and celebrating an anniversary. Includes a CD-ROM with 180 pages of lesson plans and primary source materials. (Grades 4–8), $99.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.

HANDS-ON HISTORY: LADY'S POCKET
Eighteenth-Century Artifacts for the Classroom

Women tied on their pockets and reached through slits in their petticoats to reach the personal items they kept there. This lady's pocket contains a fan, a wig curler, sewing implements (needle case and wax animal), coins (pieces of eight), a seal and wax, Aesop's Fable cards, and a recipe. Teacher materials include a lesson strategy, discovery worksheet, annotated artifact inventory, glossary, graphic organizers, primary sources, and illustrations. (Grades 3–8), $75.00. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.

MARY GEDDY'S DAY
by Kate Waters

It's May 15, 1776, and Mary Geddy is anxious. Today, the colony of Virginia will cast its vote either for or against independence from Great Britain. This intimate glimpse of daily life shows one of the moments in our history that led to the American Revolution. (Grades 3-5), 40 pages. $9.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.

ANN'S STORY: 1747
by Joan Lowery Nixon

Nine-year-old Ann needs to start behaving like a proper young lady, learning to knit, cook, and manage a household; but she would rather assist her father, Dr. McKenzie, with his patients. (Grades 4-6), 147 pages. $9.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.

A WILLIAMSBURG HOUSEHOLD
by Joan Anderson
photos by George Ancona

What was everyday life really like in the colonial period? This story, with full-color photos taken at Colonial Williamsburg, examines an entire household - both white and black - and shows the stark contrast between the lives of the slaves and the people who owned them. (Grades 3-5), 48 pages. $7.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.