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HOW CHILDREN LIVE IN ... COLONIAL
AMERICA
by Teri Brown
Meet Remember Carson and her Quaker family in Philadelphia.
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MY
SCHOOLHOUSE: SCHOOLS IN COLONIAL AMERICA
by
Shahbano Bilgrami
Spend a
day in a New England schoolhouse with Davie and get
a typical colonial education.
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PILGRIMS
AND PURITANS: THE CASE OF THE CONFUSED COLONIALS
by Brett Mills
Think the Pilgrims and the Puritans were one and the same? You're
not the first to be confused - let the time detective, Joe Bygoneday,
help clear up the mystery for you.
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GEORGIA
- BIRTH OF THE THIRTEENTH COLONY
by Suzanne Aviles
Learn about the founding of the thirteenth colony from the perspective
of Toonahow, son of Chief Tomochichi, the leader of the Creek Indians.
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WHAT'S COOKING IN COLONIAL AMERICA
by Lisa Goins
Shoo-fly pie, johnnycake, slumps, snickerdoodles and pot likker were
all favorite colonial treats. Learn more about eating, colonial-style.
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WILLIAM HILTON AND THE CAROLINA
COLONIES
by Dorothy Ray
William Hilton did more than name the island Hilton Head after himself.
Find out how he helped settle the Carolina colonies.
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TWO BITS: COLONIAL MONEY MATTERS
by Lisa Wroble
Have you ever heard terms like "two bit" or "pieces
of eight" in old songs and stories and wondered what they meant?
In Colonial America, both bits and pieces of eight were a big part
of counting change - find out how.
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THEN
AND NOW - A GUIDE TO GOOD MANNERS
by Krista O'Connell
Learn about just a few of the 110 rules and guidelines for proper
colonial behavior that were spelled out in the famous book, The
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation,
and see how many we follow today.
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A
TRUE STORY OF WITCHES: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
by Abigail Mieko Vargus
What do you get when you combine intense fear, a very strict society,
bored kids, unexplained sickness and runaway imaginations? Come
explore the world of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts to find the answer.
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READ
ALL ABOUT IT: COLONIAL AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
by David A. Norris
Newspapers have played an important role in American life, going
back to colonial days. Read about what the first newspapers in
America were like, how they were produced, and how they influenced
colonial thought.
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CAPTIVE!
THE RAID ON DEERFIELD
by Kate Stout
On a February morning of 1704, a group of French soldiers and Native
Americans raided the town of Deerfield, Mass. Nearly fifty townspeople
died, and the town was burned. Over one hundred townspeople were
taken captive and forced to march hundreds of miles in the dead
of winter to Montreal. Find out what led up to this terrible event
and the fate of the colonists taken captive.
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THE FORGOTTEN COLONY OF NEW NETHERLAND
by Christine Roane
Most people know that the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic to land in
Plymouth Harbor in 1620 and that their arrival began the settlement
of the English in New England. But fewer know that six years before
the Mayflower arrived, the Dutch already had established trading
posts in what is today the state of New York. Uncover the least known
colony, the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
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THE BAY PSALM BOOK AND THE NEW
ENGLAND PRIMER
by Gary Crooker
In colonial times, books were hard to come by. Besides the Bible,
two stood out as the reading material most familiar to early Americans.
Both books were designed to pass on the Puritan values of early America.
They were the Bay
Psalm Book and the New England Primer. Peek inside
these books that helped shape the minds of many a colonist.
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TOBACCO
ECONOMICS: CASH CROP, HEALTH FLOP
by Corey Habbas
Tobacco, the single most influential crop of the colonial period,
laid the groundwork for an independent and profitable society,
but not without high costs. Learn how tobacco and its production
would also lead to increased hostility between Native Americans
and colonists, the proliferation of slavery, conflict with England,
and health consequences that would last into the twenty first century.
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THE
TRUE STORY? JAMESTOWN, CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS
by Holly Lynn Anderson
The settlement of Jamestown, as reflected in stories and art, became
part of American mythology. As with most mythology, there was plenty
of opportunity for inaccuracies to develop in the telling and retelling
of these stories over the last four hundred years. In reality,
we may never know beyond any doubt the true story of the events
associated with Jamestown, but here is one version of that story.
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