Life in the Colonies, Grades 4 - 7

Life in the Colonies, Grades 4 - 7
Author: Cindy Barden
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2009-02-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378226

Take a journey through history with students in grades 4–7 using Life in the Colonies! This 64-page book includes information on building and living in a log cabin, preparing food, candle and soap making, livestock, occupations, and etiquette rules. Activities include word searches, fact-or-opinion questions, and creative writing. The book includes answer keys, time lines, and suggested reading lists.

Colonial America

Colonial America
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780590965606

Complete resource guide helps children understand Colonial American life with hands-on activities, maps, photos and more reproducible items. Full-color poster included.

If You Lived in Colonial Times

If You Lived in Colonial Times
Author: Ann McGovern
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1992-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780833587763

Looks at the homes, clothes, family life, and community activities of boys and girls in the New England colonies.

Life in the Colonies

Life in the Colonies
Author: Emily R. Smith
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2004-12-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 074398742X

Young readers will be fascinated to learn what life was like for the colonists in early America. The detailed images and easy to read text explore such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Navigation Acts, and slavery. Along with brief biographies on colonists and Indians like John Smith, William Penn, and Pocahontas and John Rolfe, this engaging reader explains mean of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations. A table of contents and glossary are provided to enhance readers' understanding of the content and vocabulary.

Colonial Life

Colonial Life
Author: Brendan January
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780516216287

Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days

If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days
Author: Barbara Brenner
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0545694418

A different time... A different place... What if you were there? More than 200 years ago, two thousand people lived in the town of Williamsburg, Virginia. If you lived back then... What would your house look like? What games and sports would you play? Would you go to school? What happened when you were sick or hurt? This book tells you what it was like to grow up in colonial days, before there was a United States of America.

Life in a Colonial Town

Life in a Colonial Town
Author: Sally Senzell Isaacs
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781588102973

Reveals the lives of the people who set up the first colonies in the United States, discussing their homes and shelter, food, clothes, schools, communications, and everyday activities.

Pilgrim Voices

Pilgrim Voices
Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1504010167

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People and a C. S. Lewis Noteworthy book: A rich history of the pilgrim experience, as recorded in real diaries Nearly four hundred years after the pilgrims left England in search of a better life, their stories still resonate with Americans today. In this account, the pilgrims’ own writings of their adventures and hardships are brought to life for young readers. This touching account shows the pilgrims’ voyage on the Mayflower, their first meeting with the native people, and the hardships of hunger, illness, and death that they faced during their first winter. Finally, after more than a year in the New World, they celebrate the harvest and truly give thanks.