Historic communities
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1) The kitchen
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Series
Pub. Date
c1990-1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses kitchen utensils and activities including cooking over a fire, baking bread, making butter, and preserving food.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1990-1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Colorful photographs and text describe how colonial Americans made the things they needed such as chairs, baskets, tools, and clothing. Introduces the workshops of colonial wheelwrights, coopers, shoemakers, milliners, leatherworkers, and more.
10) Old-time toys
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Series
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the many different toys with which children played in the nineteenth century.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes various aspects of the lives of women and girls during the nineteenth century, including their lack of educational opportunities, restrictive clothing, pastimes, courtship and marriage, and limited employment prospects.
12) In the Barn
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Series
Description
This newly revised edition of In the Barn uses full-color pictures to show how the barn was the center of activity on an early farm. Different kinds of barns are clearly detailed from the English and bank style barns in wooded areas to the sod barns of the western prairies. Featured topics include: the fun of a barn raising bee; the work of milking cows, winnowing grain, and mucking out stalls; a tools and gadgets section; and seasonal activities...
14) Pioneer projects
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Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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.
15) Spanish missions
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes mission life during the Spanish colonial period in the southwestern United States, the plight of Native Americans and Roman Catholic missionaries, and Spanish missions today.
16) Pioneer recipes
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Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Book Presents information on pioneer cookery and instructions for recipes prepared in the spirit of the pioneers, including multicultural dishes, historical methods, and current adaptions.
17) Schoolyard games
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book examines the different types of outdoor schoolyard games, including dodgeball, tag, and skipping, as well as recess activities played by children in 19th century North America.