Projects about colonial life / Marian Broida.

Title:

ISBN:

9780761416036

Personal Author:

Broida, Marian

Publication Information:

New York : Benchmark Books, [2004]

Physical Description:

48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Northern colonies: Massachusetts: Fishnet -- Hornbook -- Candle making -- Building a castle -- Middle colonies: New York: Cooking Sappawn (Hasty pudding) -- Model windmill -- Writing with a quill pen -- Southern colonies: Virginia: Baking Shrewsbury cakes -- Sewing a pocket -- Money: Pieces of eight -- Glossary -- Metric conversion chart -- Find out more -- Index.

Summary:

Readers learn about colonial life as they do activities related to everyday life in early America.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs

United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Subject Term:

Handicraft

Series Title:

Hands-on history.

Series Sequence: