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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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