A Day in the Life of a Colonial Child
Trunk #28
Books:
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern
Old Time Toys by Bobbie Kalman & David Schimpky
The World Turned Upside Down: Children of 1776 by Ann Jensen
American Made: The Colonial Child of 1740 by Marcia Fann and Betsy Farr
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? By Jean Fritz
Games From Long Ago by Bobbie Kalman
Jamestown Children’s Activity Book
18th Century Clothing by Bobbie Kalman
Life on a Plantation by Bobbie Kalman
Household Tools and Tasks by Elmer L. Smith
Lewis and Clark for Kids by Janis Herbert
Revolutionary War Days by David C. King
The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert
Social Studies Activities Kids Can’t Resist by Dee Bannister and Geri Harris
Booklets:
Growing Up in Colonial Williamsburg, Cobblestone, December 1998
The School of Manners or Rules for Children’s Behaviour (1701)
An Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing: Being A Collection of Figure Dances of Several Numbers (1711)
Unit of lesson plans notebook by Michelle Chancey
Clothing:
Ladies cap with lace
Ladies cap
Brown wool boy’s vest
White long shirt
White canvas breeches
Tricorn hat
Cotton stockings
Pair of black garters for men’s socks
Wide brimmed boy’s hat
Reproduction artifacts:
Tin whistle
America’s first dollar (2)
Pine tree shilling
Set of five historical coins
Battledore- first lessons for children
Reproduction of early American hornbook on postcard
Stamp Act deck of playing cards
Inkwell for quill pens
Red stick of sealing wax with seal
Fine ink powder package
5 quill pens
Blackboard slate
Wooden Williamsburg toy box with:
Tin whistle
Clay marbles
Tabletop ninepins
Bilbo-catcher
Wood top and whirligig