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Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this newly revised edition of Colonial Life, young readers will meet the hardworking people of a colonial community, learn about the importance of family members, and discover the roles that religion and education played in people's lives more than two hundred years ago. They will also learn about: how people traveled from place to place; how adults and children; how a plantation was run, and the impact of the slave trade.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This newly revised edition takes readers into a Colonial Home of the 1600s and 1700s. See inside the kitchen, the fireplace, the bedchamber and the barn. Learn why immigrants from England, France, and Spain were drawn to North America, and how plantations in the South grew and prospered through the slave trade.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this newly revised edition, John and his sister Emily live with their family in a farming community. After rising at sun-up to do their chores on the farm and in the household, John and Emily's day begins with a long walk to the one-room school. A Child's Day also describes: reading and ciphering, "making their manners," the different expectations boys and girls had for their future, children's books, toys, and games.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This newly revised edition describes how building a school was a priority once an early community became established. Students of all ages shared one teacher and the same four walls year after year. A One-Room School describes how the teacher, a respected member of the community, was entrusted with the responsibility of teaching reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. Children will enjoy seeing inside a one-room schoolhouse and discovering: what subjects...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this newly revised edition of The Gristmill, young readers will discover that people would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for the essential service of having their grain ground. Find out how the miller produced flour, the staple of life, as well as what jobs the miller did, what made the grinding stones turn, and how wheat becomes bread.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This newly revised edition describes how children in an early community were expected to help out with chores at home and had little time to play. But recess time at school gave children the opportunity to play Schoolyard Games. Colorful illustrations help explain early versions of: skipping, hopscotch, and clapping games; string and hoop games; group games, hiding games, and ball games; and marbles, tops, and other toys.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This newly revised edition of Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the people in early communities worked together with a spirit of cooperation by trading their goods and services with each other. Knowing about what they might see on their first visit to an historic site will help spark a child's curiosity.
In this book, they will meet such individuals as: the miller, the sawyer,...
8) In the barn
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the barn as the center of farm life for early settlers of North America.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This newly revised edition describes how teachers in early schools often had limited supplies with which to teach the students. Classroom Games describes the fun and creative activities that teachers employed to teach students good behavior as well as the three R's. Explore games that made learning fun involving: spelling and creative writing; arithmetic; geography, history, and art; music; holidays; and scavenger hunts.
10) The kitchen
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This newly revised edition describes how the kitchen was the center of family activity in the old days. Here families ate their meals, played games, and told stories with only the fireplace and a few candles for warmth and light. In The Kitchen, young readers will take a close look at the early fireplace and the tools and utensils surrounding it. Domestic chores carried out in the kitchen are described including: baking bread, making butter, preserving...
12) Colonial crafts
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the elaborate Yuletide customs of the period between 1837 and 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled Britain, and discusses how these customs were adopted and sometimes changed in the United States during the same period.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at the various rooms in a grand Victorian house, explaining the design and purpose of each and describing the furniture, lighting, and decorations used in the context of daily life during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the plantations that existed in the southern United States into the nineteenth century, examining what life was like for the owners of these large farming communities, their children, and the slaves.