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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Experience Colonial Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience colonial life through a variety of narratives. Topics include the African-American experience, animals, Christmas, clothing, family, food, gardening, manners, politics, religion, tools, and trades.
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Professional Doc
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: 18th Century Trades Sampler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the types of trades and merchants found in 18th Century Williamsburg. Such trades include: apothecary, blacksmith, founder, harness maker, milliner, printer and bookbinder, shoemaker, silversmith, and wigmaker.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Architecture of New England,southern Colonies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Describes the chronology of architectural design in New England and the South and what the architecture revealed about class building techniques. Includes ideas for lesson activities.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Trades

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes a look at some of the occupations and trades that were part of daily life in the colonies during the 18th Century.
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Ancestry

Gene Pool: Colonial Occupations

For Students 9th - 10th
A glossoary of colonial occupations (chandler, hooper, bluestocking, etc.) in the 18th century and their modern equivalents.