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    Explore Colonial America!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
    Explore Colonial America!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
    Explore Colonial America!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
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    Explore Colonial America!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments

    By Verna Fisher and Bryan Stone

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    In Explore Colonial America!, kids ages 6-9 learn about America's earliest days as European settlements, and how the colonists managed to survive, build thriving colonies, and eventually challenge England for independence.

    How did the colonists build homes, feed and clothe themselves, and get along with the Native Americans who were already here? This accessible introduction to the colonial period teaches young children about the daily lives of ordinary colonists and offers fascinating stories about those who helped shape the emerging nation. Activities range from creating a ship out of a bar of soap and building a log home out of graham crackers and pretzels to making a wampum necklace. Projects are easy-to-follow, require minimal adult supervision, and use primarily common household products and recycled supplies.

    By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore Colonial America!, and have a great time discovering our nation's founding years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomad Press
    Release dateAug 1, 2009
    ISBN9781619301023
    Explore Colonial America!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments

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      Explore Colonial America! - Verna Fisher

      To Chloe, Jack, and Sam who make me feel young, but make sure I don’t forget my age. And to Nick who fills my life with music.

      Nomad Press is committed to preserving ancient forests and natural resources. We elected to print Explore the Solar System! on 30% post consumer recycled paper, processed chlorine free. As a result, for this printing, we have saved:

      7 Trees (40’ tall and 6-8" diameter)

      2,531 Gallons of Wastewater

      5 million BTU’s of Total Energy

      325 Pounds of Solid Waste

      610 Pounds of Greenhouse Gases

      Nomad Press made this paper choice because our printer, Thomson-Shore, Inc., is a member of Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit program dedicated to supporting authors, publishers, and suppliers in their efforts to reduce their use of fiber obtained from endangered forests.

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      Contents

      introduction

      Let’s Explore Colonial America!

      Chapter 1

      Homes-Yours or Mine?

      Chapter 2

      Food-Anybody Got a Net?

      Chapter 3

      Native People

      Chapter 4

      Clothing and Wigs

      Chapter 5

      School and Games-Let’s Learn and Play!

      Chapter 6

      Famous People-What’s Your Name?

      Chapter 7

      Conflict with England-You’re Not the Boss of Me!

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      Let’s Explore

      Colonial America!

      Have you ever been on a camping trip? Or have you ever traveled on a ship? Do you know what it’s like to move to a new place? Well, the colonists did all of those things when they traveled to America.

      So, where was colonial America? What was it like to live in colonial America over 300 years ago, and where did the settlers come from? We’ll find the answers to these questions and have fun along the way. In this book you will learn about homes, food, games, and famous people like Pocahontas. There will be lots of activities, silly jokes, and fun facts too. You will be able to make soap boats, candles, pancakes, muffins, and plenty more. Are you ready to have fun? Okay, then let’s explore!

      Did you ever wonder why we call this country America? Well, a mapmaker heard that Amerigo Vespucci had found the New World. Amerigo Vespucci was an explorer from Italy. The mapmaker put the name America on many maps of the New World. Later some people wanted the name changed, but it was too late by then because the name was very popular.

      Who Were the Settlers and Why Did They Come?

      Spanish, Dutch, French, and British settlers came to this country. People wanted to move here for many reasons. Some came for the adventure of sailing on the seas. Some came hoping that they would become rich.

      colonist: a person who came to settle America.

      colonial America: the name given to this country when talking about the years 1607-1776.

      settlers: the men, women, and children who came from other countries to settle in the New World.

      New World: what is now America. It was called the New World by people from Europe because it was new to them.

      colonies: early settlements in America.

      American Revolution: the war fought by the colonists for freedom from Great Britain.

      Many British people came so they could believe in what they wanted. Religion was very important to many colonists. It was a part of their everyday life. They could be building houses, working in the garden, or getting the children ready for bed. It didn’t matter. Everything they did was about following the teachings of the Bible.

      All of the settlers were brave for traveling by ship. Men, women and children traveled to this new land. The trip was hard and took many weeks.

      When Did All of This Happen?

      The first British colony was called Jamestown. It began in 1607 in Virginia. The years we will explore are called the colonial period. That is from 1607 to 1776. Mostly this book will talk about British settlers and colonies, but we will learn about settlers from other countries too.

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      13 COLONIES

      Colonial America was the name given to the 13 settlements founded in what is now the United States. These settlements were called colonies. They were all along the East Coast of the United States. With time the colonies grew larger and they became states after the American Revolution.

      Do you know the names of those 13 colonies? They were Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. This is the order they were settled. New York was originally a Dutch colony called New Netherland, but the British took it over and renamed it in 1664.

      The 13 colonies were founded between 1607 and 1733. Each colony was very different. In the north it was very cold in the winter. In the south it was very hot in the summer. Many settlers were not used to this weather.

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