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Great Colonial America Projects: You Can Build Yourself Paperback – July 1, 2006

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Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9–12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors.

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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    128 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    3 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    1050L
  6. Dimensions
    8 x 0.32 x 10 inches
  7. Publisher
    Nomad Press
  8. Publication date
    July 1, 2006
  9. ISBN-10
    0977129403
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0977129409
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"This is one of the best books for children about Colonial America. History teachers should own this book "

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" an educational yet fun approach to history."

Kerry Dexter, Blogger News Network
"There’s a lot of fun to be had with Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself, for both children and adults. There’s history turned into story and sharing, so that even if, maybe especially if, history was never your best subject, you and your kids will come away with stories of your own to share."

Jack Larkin, Chief Historian and Museum Scholar, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
"An abundant and valuable resource for engaging students in understanding early American life."

Connie Lapallo, author Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky
" A friendly tone draws young readers in a treat for those mothers with young children who want to bring the colonial period to life for them."

Paula Locklair, Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
"This delightful book is a wonderful and new way for children to become intrigued with colonial American history. This book should be a hit with families, teachers, and history museums!"

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Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9–12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors. Furthermore, this title meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nomad Press (July 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0977129403
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0977129409
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1050L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.32 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 100 ratings

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I live on Hawai'i Island with my family, where I'm re-learning how to grow food in a very different climate than I've gardened with in the past. My work in the garden is part of a larger effort to live a more self-reliant lifestyle, one that treads more lightly on this earth. I love helping people learn that they can provide for themselves, from producing food to cooking at home.

In ATTAINABLE SUSTAINABLE: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books, 2020) I share my passion for modern homesteading with people who are dreaming of a return to their roots.

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  • KC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hands-on creates lasting memories
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2010
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    We have been loving the Colonial America book. We've already worked our way through most of it, enjoying the following projects: making a stick-and-hoop game, crafting a scented pomander (out of orange, cloves, and cinnamon), making silhouette portraits, weaving (with yarn and an oatmeal container), learning "fan talk", cooking Johnny Cakes (cornmeal pancakes), making tin plates out of foil and toothpicks, making signs for cabinetmaking and bookbinding shops, making tin lanterns...and more are planned.

    Along the way, I have become very pleased with the amount of knowledge my children (7 and 9) are retaining. The projects truly do include items found in most homes, and most are easy enough for the children to do alone. The book is packed with so much detail and information on daily colonial life, as well as famous figures, stories, and timelines--it is now our go-to reference book on that time period. I can't wait to go through Kris Bordessa's other hands-on books.
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  • Almaz A.
    5.0 out of 5 stars I am glad to have found a hands on history book.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2013
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    My daughter learns the best with hands on projects. I have been making up and finding them on line for history lessons and was very excited to find this. I will be getting more in the series as I need them.
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  • james L. Johnson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good lessons to learn
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015
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    Good book. Some of projects for younger folks (if you have some would be great - or if your teaching primary history classes and allowed to mention early America). Some are just good things to know how to do. I'm only downgrading as somewhat more simplistic for us. Worth the buy though.
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  • Olivia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful projects!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2015
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    This book doesn't have any "new" information other than what is normally taught to upper elementary school children, but it does have great projects! I'm excited to complete them with my class!
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  • Janet Wagner
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    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2012
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    I was very satisfied with this product. It was just as described. It is very useful. Thank you. Janet W
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  • Liberty Pierce
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2015
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    This has been a great addition to our history study.
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars nice ideas
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015
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    Was expecting more pages to use as templates but this one is more along the lines of giving ideas of things to make with household objects. Still nice just wasn't what I had expected.
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  • Peregrine Falcon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great all-in-one resource!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2007
    I purchased this book expecting "great colonial projects" for my homeschooled kids, and it delivered. A friendly tone draws young readers in, while drawings and graphics make the text visually appealing.

    However, this author has created a far more powerful resource than that. Ms. Bordessa includes bonus features: a timeline of the Colonial period (divided by both colony and year), background of voyages, maps, a glossary, and text boxes with interesting facts and charts. "Spotlight on Famous Colonists" provides a biographical reference. "Colonial Words to Know" are helpfully placed near the passages where they're used and are also highlighted in the text. Facts are in a frame of reference children can identify with. (For example, the colonists traveled 2,700 miles across the ocean at 2 m.p.h., about the speed of a skateboard!) In this way, the projects link to the larger colonial world.

    Even adults who flip through the book will learning something new. I only wish this book had been available the first ten years I homeschooled my children! But what a treat for those mothers with young children who want to bring the colonial period to life for them.

    Connie Lapallo

    Author, Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky
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