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Children are fascinated by the uses of gadgets from the past. In Tools and Gadgets, children will have the opportunity to learn about the tools found in the home, general store, doctor's… More →
Historic Communities
Bobbie Kalman's Historic Communities series has been revised and updated! This immensely popular series by acclaimed nonfiction author Bobbie Kalman provides a close-up view of how people in North America lived more than 200 years ago. Each revised edition in the series features new full-color photographs from restored historic villages across North America, updated text that compares the lives and perspectives of different groups of people, and encourages readers to compare life then with life today. Each book also has an activity added to help support the fascinating information on early homes and communities, the daily lives of families, and their values, customs, and traditions. Free downloadable Teacher's Guide.
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With few roads and bridges, travel in the early days was slow, difficult, and often dangerous. The early settlers had to find creative ways of getting around. This attractive book describes… More →
When postage became the responsibility of the sender and not the receiver in the 1870s, mailing cards at Christmas became a popular tradition still practiced today. Victorian Christmas shows… More →
Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the settlers worked together with a spirit of cooperation by trading their goods More →
This newly revised edition of Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the people in early communities worked together… More →