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Colonial Williamsburg offers a variety of quality instructional materials to
help you teach students about life in early America and the interactions between
European settlers and Native Americans, including the following:
DUEL
IN THE WILDERNESS by Karin C. Farley
A Book for Young Readers
An account of Washington's journey for younger readers. Young Major George Washington
must deliver a message from the king of England to the French commanders in the
Ohio wilderness. The mission will be dangerous. Washington has to travel through
frontier lands where hostile Indians and French soldiers lurk. If he fails, England
and France may go to war. (Grades 4-6), 220 pages, $4.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail
eftsupport@cwf.org.
THE JOURNAL OF MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON
In 1753, Virginia Governor Dinwiddie appointed 21-year-old Major George Washington
to a delicate mission—deliver a letter to the local French commander demanding
that he and his forces leave British territory and to bargain for support with
the local Indian leaders. This book contains a reprint of Washington's original
report on his mission as well as the text of Governor Dinwiddie's letter and the
reply from the Principal French Officer. Printed as a facsimile of the original
documents. (Grades 6-12), 42 pages, $8.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail
eftsupport@cwf.org.
THE
RISE AND FALL OF THE POWHATAN EMPIRE: INDIANS IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VIRGINIA by James Axtell
A Colonial Williamsburg Foundations of American Series Book
This book describes how the English vied with the Powhatan Indians to dominate
the lands and resources in Tidewater Virginia. The author depicts the native inhabitants
and the newcomers as equal actors in a drama whose outcome was not a foregone
conclusion. (Teacher reading material), 42 pages, illustrated. $9.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail
eftsupport@cwf.org.
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You may also find the following items helpful for the December Electronic Field
Trip, Degrees of Latitude (December 2, 2004).
DEGREES OF LATITUDE: MAPPING COLONIAL AMERICA by Margaret Beck Pritchard and Henry G. Taliaferro
Illustrated Book
This splendidly illustrated volume goes beyond standard cartobiliographical analysis to examine the inspiration behind the production of seventy-three maps, atlases, and sea charts. The first part describes what maps reveal about the history of the American nation and explains why they were important to their owners. The second part discusses the rare atlas owned by John Custis of Williamsburg. An overview of the English map trade in the late seventeenth century is also included. (448 pp., 186 color illustrations, 97 black-and-white illustrations, 11 5/16 x 9 1/4, 2002, Hardbound) $95.00. Purchase Online.
MAP OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND
Reproduction of an Eighteenth-Century Map
Dating from 1755, this is "A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Depicting the area from the Atlantic Ocean to the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was the most accurate 18th-century map of Virginia. It was researched and created by Thomas Jefferson's father, Peter, an accomplished surveyor, and Joshua Fry, a professor at the College of William and Mary. Our reproduction is beautifully printed on rag content paper to resemble the original.
(
17 1/2"H x 23"W ), $12.00.
Purchase Online.
NATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE
Becoming Americans Video Series
Mark Catesby, one of America's first naturalists, was a self-trained environmentalist, artist, and scientist. In the early 18th century, Catesby collected samples and made detailed notes and drawings describing the plants and animals of the newly surveyed and mapped lands of the New World. Two 20-minute episodes provide lessons in environmentalism, art, and science. Includes Web access to comprehensive teacher materials. (Grades 4 –8), $34.99. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail
eftsupport@cwf.org.
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