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Teaching Resources for Your Classroom

Colonial Williamsburg offers a variety of quality instructional materials to help you teach students about eighteenth-century life, including the following:



Primary Sources CD-ROM Grades 1-3 Primary Sources CD-ROM Grades 4-6

 

 

 


NEW! PRIMARY SOURCES CD-ROMS

These fascinating CD-ROMs will introduce your students to the artifacts, written documents, prints, buildings, and other sources that historians use to uncover the past. The Grades 1-3 CD-ROM provides an interactive experience with primary sources. The Grades 4-6 CD-ROM encourages students to analyze and evaluate evidence. In no time, you'll have your students "thinking like a historian!" Teacher lesson plans and classroom activities included. $39.95 each. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.


Songs for a Revolution


 

 

 


NEW! JEFFERSON & ADAMS: A STAGE PLAY

The moving and powerful dramatization of the remarkable friendship between two presidents of the United States—with the forthright Mrs. Adams always playing a major role. In a fast-paced series of encounters, we see the turbulent relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams as their friendship ignites, flourishes, ruptures, and resolves itself. $24.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.


The Eye of the Beholder


 

 

 


SONGS FOR A REVOLUTION
Lesson Plans and Materials Designed by Teachers for Teachers

"Liberty Songs" rallied the American colonists and parodied British political songs. Your students can explore the politics and propaganda of the American Revolution through lyrics and music, including an overview of the popular "Yankee Doodle" and a music CD entitled In Freedom We're Born: Songs from the American Revolution. $34.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.


The Eye of the Beholder


 

 

 


The Eye of the Beholder: Looking at Primary Sources
Lesson Plans and Materials Designed by Teachers for Teachers

Two dozen primary sources from the colonial period and suggestions for incorporating document-based inquiry in your classroom. This unit features analysis instruments for such items as songs, poems, architecture, and documents. $34.95. To order, call 1-800-761-8331 or e-mail eftsupport@cwf.org.