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Artifacts Collection: Colonial Life

TMC REALIA 372 C7198L

COLONIAL LIFE INVENTORY LIST

Consists of 2 boxes (pt.1, pt.2) and 1 bag (pt.3)
Contents of Artifacts Collections may change slightly as materials are added or lost.


BOX Pt.1 Please return all items marked Pt.1 to this box.

Books

Diary of an Early American Boy

Encyclopedia of Presidents: George Washington

The Many Worlds of Ben Franklin (American Heritage Junior Library)

A Museum of Early American Tools

A Reverence for Wood

The Revolutionary War Book of Games & Puzzles

Teacher’s Manual & Student Activity Binder

To the Pacific With Lewis and Clark (American Heritage Junior Library)

We the People: The Story of the United States Capitol

Magazines

National Geographic

"Ben Franklin" (July 1975)

"Daniel Boone" (December 1985)

"James Madison: Architect of the Constitution" (September 1987)

Package (one pkg containing all of the following:)

"Bill of Rights, The" (small, parchment copy)

Colonial/Revolutionary War currency (reproduction)

"Congress of the United States" (Bill of Rights) (Large, parchment copy)

Constitution (Pantagraph copy)

"Constitution: Bill of Rights" (paper)

"Declaration of Independence" (booklet)

Facsimile of letter written by George Washington ("Having concluded to obey the important & flattering call of my country...")

Notice of Cornwallis’ retreat

The Old North Church (book)

Portrait of Washington (colored craft tinfoil picture)

Presidents of the United States (small placemat)

U.S. Constitution (reproduced on antiqued parchment)

Realia

Blacksmith tongs

*Drop spindle (replica) w/directions for spinning (* in 1 pkg)

Hornbook, inkwell and quill pen (replicas) (in 1 pkg)

Metal shoe last support (shoe lasts placed on top)

*Sheep’s wool for spinning and weaving

Shoemaker’s hammer

BOX Pt.2 Please return all items marked Pt.2 to this box.

Books

The American Revolution (American Heritage Junior Library)

Colonial America (American Heritage Volume #2)

Colonial Cookbook (The Old Farmer’s Almanac)

Colonial National Historic Parks: The Story Behind the Scenery

George Washington: Young Leader

If You Grew Up With George Washington

Independence National Historic Parks: The Story Behind the Scenery

Mount Rushmore: The Story Behind the Scenery

The New Nation (American Heritage Volume #4)

The Revolution (American Heritage Volume #3)

Revolutionary Recipes

Washington, Lincoln, and King Mini Units

Data Cards (20) (for classroom discussion)

"The Colonists Demand Their Rights"

"The Boston Tea Party" (5)

"The Continental Congress" (5)

"Fighting at Lexington and Concord" (5)

"Patrick Henry Speaks Out Again" (5)

Magazines

Kid’s Discover

Colonial America (November 1993)

Masonic Journal: The Official Magazine of the Prince Hall Masons and the Order of the Eastern Star (July 1998, Volume 1)

"America’s Unsung Patriots: A Proud Past, A Great Future" (p.38-41, 55)

"Prince Hall: The Man and the Social Institution" (p.18-22)

Mounted Pictures (47) (all in 1 pkg)

American flag being flown during Revolutionary War

B. Franklin, first Postmaster-General, handing mail to postrider

Battle of New Orleans

Ben Franklin’s "Electrical Picnic"

Benjamin Franklin (National Geographic Society)

Benjamin Franklin - great statesman & inventor

Boston Post Road

Bull decorated for the "Butcher Parade"

Christmas at Monticello

A Coach used in Washington’s time

Colonial homes (set of 3)

Colonial bedroom

Home of George Washington’s mother

Tap room of tavern/ Virginia Inn (Raleigh tavern)

Colonial men building a house

Colonial people standing in front of Ben Franklin’s printing and book shop

Committee examining re-cast Liberty Bell

Continental soldier

Daniel Boone at Boonesborough

Declaration of Independence

Director of first U.S. Mint inspecting initial coinage

Early American tools

Early American wooden utensils

Eli Whitney - inventor of the cotton gin

Fireplace and cook in upper class colonial home

Franklin with cherubim

Gen. George Washington reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland

George Washington (National Geographic Society)

George Washington writing letter

Independence Hall

Interior view of middle class colonial home

Main bedroom in Whipple House

Musicale in Mayor Powell’s home

New theatre in Chestnut Street

Plaudits for "Hail Columbia", written and first sung in Philadelphia, 1798

President-elect Washington crosses floating bridge (Gray’s Ferry)

Procession entering first American law school to hear James Wilson, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania

Ringing of the Liberty Bell

Senators arriving at Philadelphia for Congressional Session, December 1790

Small cottage with two women

The Surrender of Cornwallis

Typical boats and ships during Colonial times

Typical scene & clothing during Colonial times among upper class

Vessel entering anchorage through drawbridge

Visitors watching shoemaker

Volunteer fire fighters

Washington’s Headquarters, Valley Forge, December 1777

Washington at the Delaware/Battle of Princeton

Realia

Flash cards game: "Presidents of the United States (40 cards) (Trend Enterprises)

Metal shoe lasts (2) (shoe forms for making shoes)

Pewter cup (Colonial Williamsburg)

Small Iron Skillet

BAG Pt.3 Please return all items marked Pt.3 to this bag.

Maps

"Boston to Washington ca. 1830" / "Boston to Washington – Megalopolis"

"Close-Up USA" (set of 4) (Nationall Geographic)

"The Mid Atlantic States" / "Beckoning land beside bay and sea"

"The Northeast" / "Glittering cities, lonely wild lands"

"The Southeast" / "Piedmont and plain of romantic charm"

"Western New England" / "Mountains, seacoast, and a living legacy"

"Colonization and Trade in the New World" / "History Salvaged from the Sea"

"Making of America" (set of 5) (National Geographic)

"Atlantic Gateways"

"Deep South"

"New England"

"Northern Approaches"

"Tidewater"

"The United States" / "The Territorial Growth of the United States"

Pictures

Liberty Bell

Monticello (building) (small)

"Washington at the Siege of Boston"

Washington Monument (small)

Portfolios

Declaration of Independence (authenticated copy) (large portfolio)

"In Freedom’s Cause" (4 revolutionary war engravings) (large portfolio)

Large Posters

"Declaration of Independence" (mounted)

"George Washington: Our First President" (collage, mounted)

"Sturdy Age of Homespun" (set of 6) (large)

"Carpenter’s Lively Views of Crafts and Creature Comforts, A"

"Designs for Travelers in a Mobile Nation"

"Glass in Myriad Shapes and Colors"

"Handsome Clocks in Quantity"

"Self-Reliance Shaped its Rural Arts"

"Tin, Clay, and Pewter Ware"

Small Posters

"Colonial Craftsmen"

"Colonization"

"Daily Life in the Colonies"

"George Washington" / (info on back0

"Lewis and Clark Trail" (pamphlet)

"Lewis and Clark: A Journey of Discovery"

"Mount Rushmore"(pamphlet)

"Names in Colonial History"

"New Nation"

"Revolution"

"The Road to Independence"

"The Thirteen Colonies’

"Toys and Games at the Time of the Revolution" / "Toys for the Giving"

Realia

George Washington (bulletin board bust)

Wall Chart

"Declaration of Independence"

Websites

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