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Projects About Colonial Life (Hands-on History) Author: Marian Broida $31.36 |
Projects About Colonial Life (Hands-on History) |
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
Engagement: 
This book is from the Hands-on History series. The teacher may be able to involve students in the learning process through activities. Projects include a fishnet, hornbook, candle making, building a cradle, cooking, making a windmill, writing with a quill pen, and sewing a pocket.
Great fun!:
Kids, teens and adults will have fun learning by doing some fun family projects with easy-to-follow and well-illustrated directions to produce several colonial items, including a fishnet, model windmill, candle and a pocket.
Projects About Colonial Life would be great for classroom or home study, or for anyone who enjoys learning by doing.
Disappointing: 
"Hands on History" is a wonderful idea. Children truly enjoy projects that make history real to them. This book, however, was disappointing. While the projects were fine, the material presented in the book is very "dumbed-down" for the 9-12 age group and I was bewildered that the author would call slaves "African Americans". Also, the amazon.com summary talks about an introduction to the Indians in the colonies. There is no mention of them in this particular book. This is covered in the series. Look for a...more info
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