colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Follows a young man as he uses different modes of transportation to make the long difficult trip from Massachusetts to Virginia in the spring of 1775.

Recounts the story of the Puritan woman who was banished from her colony for being outspoken against the religious leaders there.

Directions for making large-scale, cardboard replicas of objects representative of American Indian and colonial life, such as houses, furniture, toys, and other artifacts.

Describes the skills--weaving, carpentry, candlemaking, metal working, and others--that enabled the early American colonists to start life from scratch in the New World.

Explores the role family played in society and typical family life in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, describing various aspects of family life, including maintaining the household, entertainment, holidays, customs, ceremonies, parenting, and education.

Presents the history of North America as experienced by the Europeans who established the first colonial outposts there.

Examines the events surrounding the Salem Witchcraft Trials and the unjust treatment of those who were falsely accused.

Pictures and simple text describe some of the games played by children in Colonial America.

Simple text and photographs depict the clothes worn by people in Colonial America.