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Books For Teachers

Deitch, JoAnne Weisman. An Educator's Guide to the Perspectives on History Series: Using Primary Source Documents. Carlisle, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1997.

Lee, George R.The American Revolution. Mark Twain Media, 1996.

McHugh, Janet. Teaching Guide for Making Thirteen Colonies: 1607-1732. Lexington, MA: DC Heath, 1994.

National Archives and Records Administration. Teaching with Documents: Using Primary Sources from the National Archives. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1989.

Parks, Deborah. Teaching Guide for From Colonies to Country: 1710-1791. Lexington, MA: DC Heath, 1994.

Johnson, Roberta Felicity. 1774: Teacher's Guide to Six Books About Colonial America. Middleton, WI: Pleasant Company Publishers, 1995.

Schell, Karen. Colonial Life: Teacher's Guide. Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, 1996.


Books For Students


Non-Fiction

Bowen, Gary. Stranded at Plimoth Plantation, 1626. HarperCollins, 1994.

Brenner, Barbara. If You Were There in 1776. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1994.

Collier, Christopher. The French and Indian War, 1660-1763. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, 1998.

Erdosh, George. Food and Recipes of the Thirteen Colonies. New York: Powerkids Press, 1997.

Sheila Foley, ed. Faith Unfurled: The Pilgrims' Quest for Freedom. Lowell, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1993.

Fradin, Dennis. The Connecticut Colony. Children's Press, 1990.

Hakim, Joy. From Colonies to Country: Making Thirteen Colonies. A History of US Series. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Karin Luisa Badt, ed. Indians of the Northeast. Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1997.

King, David C. Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes. New York: J. Wiley, 1998.

Jeanne M. Bracken, ed. Life in the American Colonies: Daily Lifestyles of the Early Settlers. Carlisle, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1995.

Loeper, John J. A Colonial Family: The Dudleys of Connecticut. New York: Benchmark Books, 1998.

Marrin, Albert. The Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars 1690-1760. Atheneum, 1987.

McGovern, Ann. If You Lived in Colonial Times. Scholastic Inc., 1992.

Sherrow, Victoria. Huskings, Quiltings and Barn Raisings: Work-Play Parties in Early America. Walker, 1992.

Jeanne M. Bracken, ed. Shot Heard 'Round the World: Beginnings of the American Revolution. Lowell, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1995.

Jeanne M. Bracken, ed. Women in the American Revolution. Carlisle, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1997.

 


Fiction

Tripp, Valerie. American Girls Series. Middleton, WI: Pleasant Company Publishers:
Changes for Felicity, A Winter Story. 1992.
Felicity Learns a Lesson, A School Story. 1991.
Felicity Saves the Day, A Summer Story. 1993.
Felicity's Surprise: A Christmas Story. 1992.
Happy Birthday, Felicity!: A Springtime Story. 1993.

Bulla, Clyde Robert. Charlie's House. Knopf, 1993. Grades 3+

Bulla, Clyde Robert. A Lion to Guard Us. Harper Collins, 1981. Grades 3+

Clapp, Patricia. Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth. Morrow, 1968. Grades 6+

Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble. Aladdin, 1954. Grades 2+

Field, Rachel. Calico Bush. Dell, 1931. Grades 5+

Forest, Heather. The Baker's Dozen. Illustrated by Susan Graber. Harcourt, 1992. Grades 1+

Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West. Putnam, 1958. Grades 3+

Fritz, Jean. Early Thunder. Putnam, 1967. Grades 5+

Morrow, Avi. Night Journeys. 1979. Grades 4+

Sewall, Marcia. People of the Breaking Day. Atheneum, 1990. Grades 2+

Sewall, Marcia. Pilgrims of Plymouth. Macmillan, 1986. Grades 2+

Sewall, Marcia. Thunder from the Clear Sky. Atheneum, 1995. Grades 2+

Speare, Elizabeth George. Witch of Blackbird Pond. Dell, 1978. Grades 6+


General

Benes, Peter. ed.Algonkians of New England: Past and Present. The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, Annual Proceedings 1991. Boston: Boston University, 1993.

Bushman, Richard L. From Puritan to Yankee: Character and Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967.

Daniels, Bruce C. Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England. Basingstoke: MacMillan, 1995.

Dollarhide, William. British Origins of American Colonies, 1629-1775. Bountiful, UT: AGLL Genealogical Services, 1997.

Findling, John E. and Frank W. Thackeray. ed. Events that Changed America in the Eighteenth Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Lucier, Armand F. New England Chronicle: News of New England from January 1722-December 1731. Bowie MD: Heritage Books, 1997.

Lutz, Donald S. ed. Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998.

Middleton, Richard. Colonial America: A History. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Inc., 1996.

Mintz, Steven & Susan Kellogg. Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life. New York: Free Press, 1988.

Nylander, Jane C. Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home 1760-1860. New York: Knopf, 1993.

Towner, Lawrence W. A Good Master Well Served: Masters and Servants in Colonial Massachusetts, 1620-1750. New York: Garland Publishers, 1997.

Whitaker, Beverly Delong. Work and Leisure in Colonial America. Kansas City, MO: Genealogy, 1996.

Wolf, Stephanie Grauman. As Various as their Land: The Everyday Lives of Eighteenth-Century Americans. New York: Harpercollins, 1993.



Online Sources

1755 - The French and Indian War Homepage ~ http://web.syr.edu/~laroux/
Provides soldier lists, white coats, events/places to visit, references, other links, and document of the month.

Archiving Early America ~ http://earlyamerica.com
Take a look at some of our country's most important documents.

Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man ~ http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
The World of Benjamin Franklin Exhibit from The Franklin Institute Science Museum provides a generous sampling of well-organized information on the life of Benjamin Franklin.

Charters of Freedom Exhibit ~ http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/charters.html
Part of the National Archives site, this will show you images of documents in their collection such as the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

Colonial Williamsburg Home Page ~ http://www.history.org/
Great source for colonial history, plantations, people, battles, travel planning, and more.

From Revolution to Reconstruction: A WWW Project ~ http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/usa.html
Includes excellent articles addressing major topics in American History with links to other important sites and information.

Liberty! The American Revolution ~ http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Part of the PBS homepage. Provides information and games related to the American Revolution.

Old Sturbridge Village ~ http://www.osv.org/
The homepage of this historical site.

United States-History-1600-1775, Colonial Period ~ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
For educators--explore the Colonial Period through the internet. You'll find maps, lesson plans, bibliographies and curriculum content.


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