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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students discuss colonial gardening in the 18th century, and collect data using research materials. They create a simple garden design with appropriately titled and labeled data. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students discuss the role of music and dance in 18th century Virginia. They take part in the performance of an 18th century dance, and compare dance as a part of the culture in colonial times and as a part of today's culture. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students investigate fence building in Colonial iamsburg. They consider uses for fences in the 18th century and read a fence building procedure written by Tomas Jefferson. They build fence models and write an essay on their research. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students plan a colonial Christmas event, demonstrate colonial Christmas customs, and participate in a colonial Christmas activities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students research the controversial selection of a minister in Colonial iamsburg's Bruton Parish Church. They role-play town members and vote to elect the new Parish minister. They write a script for their role-play. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze several eighteenth-century documents to determine the colonial opinion of Great Britain's attempts to tax the colonists in the 1760s. They read and discuss a variety of primary source material from the era. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use text, lecture and Internet research to examine the early English colonial settlements. They divide into small groups and debate which colony would be the best to live in at that time. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students research the lifestyle, customs, work environment, and social morays of Colonial life. They compare their life to the Colonial era focusing on the Christmas holidays, common trades, customs, and traditions. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students use artwork and literature to examine the thirteen original colonies of the United States. In groups, they read excerpts of stories and determine why the colonists left England for a different life and discuss the importance of the Mayflower Compact. After viewing various artwork, they describe colonial life and each one's role in the community. To end the lesson, they create their own artwork to show how they view colonial America. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students listen to a story about colonial Williamsburg. After writing in their reader response journals, they use two overlapping hula hoops to simulate a Venn diagram. Using index cards, they write facts about today, Mary Geddy's day, and both, placing them in the appropriate areas of the hula hoop-Venn diagram. Next, they use a grid map to construct a model of a colonial village. Full Review »
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