Simple text and photographs depict homes in Colonial America, describing their interiors, exteriors, and such typical features as fireplaces and outhouses.
In 1774 Williamsburg, Virginia, Felicity helps the irritable Mrs. Burnie do laundry and learns a secret that seems to explain her behavior. Includes notes on the history of eyeglasses and instructions for making a pair of lorgnettes, glass lenses attached to elegant handles.
Although she is tired of the responsibility of being the oldest sister, Felicity realizes how much her family means to her when a carriage accident puts her pregnant mother in danger. Includes a section on babies in the late 1700s.
In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes todainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulnessis in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.
Presents a children's study of the cultural and social life of the early American colonists including their homes and towns, businesses and trades, arts and crafts, and their associations and treaties with the Native American tribes on whose lands they settled.
Presents twelve primary source documents and essays by historians on colonial era America, covering religion, education, entertainment, and white, African-American, and Native American culture.
gendered power and the forming of American society
Norton, Mary Beth
1996
An analysis of the power structures in early American society, religion, and politics from 1620 to 1670, looking at the influence of English theorist Sir Robert Filmer who advocated a system of paternal power, and the beginnings of Enlightenment thought espoused by John Locke.
