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Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
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 a historic site will help spark a child's curiosity. In this book, they will meet such individuals as the miller, the sawyer,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Presents instructions for handicrafts and activities in the spirit of the pioneers, including decoupage, hooked rugs, corn-husk dolls, block and sponge printing, and making a Jacob's ladder.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
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 spent their leisure time, how a plantation was run, and the impact of the slave trade"--...
10) The Kitchen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
960L
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.
13) A child's day
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
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"--
16) Colonial home
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
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"--Provided by publisher.
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