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America Discovery and exploration Enlightenment History, Modern Study and teaching (Secondary) United States United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile literature United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 United States Social life and customs To 1775 United States Social life and customs To 1775 Juvenile literatureHockensmith, Steve
Summary: At the National Museum of American History, Eric, Dominique, Aday, and Josephine enlist the help of Gilbert Stuart, John Trumbull, and Thomas Jefferson to thwart a plan to turn the United States into a monarchy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2017
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Summary: Explores the everyday life of a colonial doctor and his responsibilities, social practices, and importance to the community.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610.973 MARSummary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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Garstecki, Julia
Summary: "Have you ever wondered what life was like for individuals and families living in Colonial America? Learn about what their days consisted of, what they ate and wore, and more!"--OverDrive website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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Summary: "Explore the life of a colonial silversmith and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 739.23 MARSpilsbury, Louise
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 SPIIsaacs, Sally Senzell
Summary: Investigates life in the thirteen original colonies, the events that led to the American Revolution, the war itself, and the early years of independence up to the adoption of the Constitution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2011
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Summary: Presents details of daily life of Colonial children during the period from 1607 to 1775.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.2 MILErdosh, George
Summary: Describes some of the foods prepared in the various areas of what would become the United States during the colonial period. Includes recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5973 ERDEnslow, Anne.
Summary: "Explores songs of the colonial period in their historical context."
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, Inc. 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ENSHakim, Joy.
Summary: Presents the history of the United States from the colonization of the New World through the middle of the eighteenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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Summary: After his thievery conviction in 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts is sent from England across the Atlantic to America where he is enslaved on a tobacco farm, never giving up on finding his sister, Charity, brought to the colonies on a different ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2019
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2019Petersen, Christine.
Summary: Explores the everyday life of a colonial miller and his responsibilities, social practices, and importance to the community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 664.72 PETPetersen, Christine.
Summary: "Explore the life of a colonial apothecary and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 615 PETFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1969
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Summary: A history of the exploration and colonization of America also provides activities related to the daily lives and social customs of the settlers and explorers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2006
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Summary: A history text of America's colonial period, emphasizing the interaction of three cultures--colonialists, Indians, and Blacks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 Nash,Mara, Wil.
Summary: "Explore the life of a colonial schoolmaster and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.1 MARHamen, Susan E.
Summary: Describes how the original thirteen colonies came to form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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Fisher, Leonard Everett.
Summary: Describes how four staples - candles, soap, brooms, and cider - were made in colonial times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 640.974 FISDolin, Eric Jay
Summary: "With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates the 'Golden Age' of piracy in the Americas. Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's 'Golden Age'--spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s--when lawless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 DOLSilver, Peter.
Contents: Introduction -- An unsettled country -- Fearing Indians -- Wounds crying for vengeance -- The seven years' war and the white people -- Attacking Indians -- A spirit of enterprise -- The Quakers unmasked -- Barbarism and the American Revolution -- The postwar that wasn't -- Conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 SILSummary: Influential founding father, third President of the United States, lawyer, architect, and violinist: Thomas Jefferson has long fascinated students of American history. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "all men are created equal, and entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Yet Jefferson himself was a lifelong slaveholder and one of the first Americans...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011