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Early Settler Life - 5 Volume Set

Early Settler Life - 5 Volume Set

by Bobbie Kalman

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing

Item: 68049

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Early Settler Storybook: Shares settler's stories of heroism, orphans, runaways, blizzards, animals, children, and school.
Early Schools: Shows what early schoolhouses were like, describes what lessons children learned, and looks at their games, activities, pranks, and punishments.
Food for the Settler: Looks at how early American settlers shot, caught, grew and prepared their food, describes maple sugaring, holiday meals, taffy pulls, and table manners, and offers a variety of old-fashioned recipes.
Early Family Home: Describes the life of early settlers, including the construction of a home, the clearing of land, folk medicine, candle making, quilting bees, weaving, and wedding parties.
Early Health & Medicine: Describes the health care of the settlers, looks at natural medicines, Indian remedies, nutrition, and common ailments, and discusses epidemics, hospitals, and the development of vaccinations.

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Related Categories

Cultural History (Location: HISMC-CUL)
Everyday Life in History
Pioneer & Frontier Life
Western Expansion (1800-1898)

Recommended for...

4th grade (Ages 9-10)
5th grade (Ages 10-11)
6th grade (Ages 11-12)
7th grade (Ages 12-13)
8th grade (Ages 13-14)
9th grade (Ages 14-15)

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