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Thomas Jefferson was very interested in horticulture and at his home at Monticello the gardens still flourish. http://www.monticello.org/gardens/vegetable/site.html There are thousands of seeds for vegetables and flowers
that are rarely seen in today's market. Visit the following sites to see
the great variety of plants available and the efforts being made to maintain
them: www.heirloomseeds.com/ &
www.seedsavers.org/ &
www.rareseeds.com/ The Gardens of Plimouth Plantation describes the earliest colonial gardens. See Michael Weishan's site for great info on a garden for a house circa 1627. http://www.michaelweishan.com/tradgdnaut97art2.html Digging a well by hand http://waltonfeed.com/old/well.html Agriculture and Education in Colonial America slide show http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/show1/sld001.htm A blacksmith was essential to local farmers, for shoeing horses
and making tools. See the Dingfield Blackshmith shop and collection of old tools at
the Lakeview House. For more about the colonial blacksmith trade go to
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradebla.cfm The History of
Flour Milling in Early America How a Mill operates Millers’ clothing Historic Yates Mill, North Carolina on how a mill
worked CIVIL WAR Civil War re-enactor group: http://www.14njvols.com/ American Civil War Homepage. Many links to a variety of civil war information.: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ Mr. Lincoln and Freedom site http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/ Camden County's Civil War collection http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews92.shtml
HISTORIC SITES Cranbury Museum, Cranbury NJ. Sundays 1-4 & school
groups by appointment. Cranbury Inn Restaurant, Cranbury NJ, was one of the early inns heading towards Philadelphia, and probably would have been a place the residents of the Lakeview House enjoyed. http://www.thecranburyinn.com/historydetailed.htm Visit a living farm at the Howell Farm, Titusville NJ, and see the old methods in action, Many special programs are available for children http://www.howellfarm.com/ Cornelius Low House, Piscataway NJ Tues-Fri & Sun 1-4 PM
732-745-4177 Thomas Warne Historical Museum and Library, Old Bridge NJ. Wed 9:30 AM -12:00 & 1st Sun 1-4 PM. One room schoolhouse and genealogy library. 732-566-2108 Richmondtown, Staten Island- a restored historical village of 27 buildings that shows history from 17th century Dutch settlers through Victorian times. Large site includes a general store, a Victorian Mansion, and craftsmen performing their trades, such as tinsmith. http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/ Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, particularly interesting in Kingston, where a locktenders house and station are still there. http://www.dandrcanal.com Plainsboro Museum, Plainsboro NJ. 1st & 3rd Sundays 2-4:30 PM 17 room farmhouse circa 1880 with changing exhibits and educational programs. 609-799-9040. Buccleuch Mansion, New Brunswick, NJ, Sun 2-4 from June-Oct. 1739 home Museum of Early Trades and Crafts. http://www.rosenet.org/metc/ Wheaton village glass http://www.wheatonvillage.org/ Miller-Cory House http://westfieldnj.com/mc/home.htm
Middlesex County Cultural & Hertitage Commission traveling exhibits: http://co.middlesex.nj.us/culturalheritage/omnibus.asp Architecture for Kids:
Colonial House 1620-1800 Timeline of American Revolution The Association of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums. http://www.alhfam.org/ 5th Grade Colonial Webquest http://www.sandwich.k12.ma.us/webquest/plantations/index.htm Since kids always ask about the outhouse: http://waltonfeed.com/old/out.html Early colonial recipes to try http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/wellnessways/pdf/ho_ColonialAmerica-Food.pdf Timeline from colonial era to 1700 http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm Cartoon History of New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/hangout/dinosite/ Game of Colonial Jamesburg. Could you have survived? http://www.jamestown1607.org/ Colonial Kids Thinkquest- Life in the 1700's http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/?tqskip=1 Metropolitan Museum of Art virtual Tour of American Furniture (wealthy families) http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/vr/index.asp History Detective site on Colonial America http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/ Games kids played http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial_life/child's_play.htm Early literature- colonial children http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/HarColo.html Colonial Occupations http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html Online lesson from Monticello http://www.monticello.org/education/plans/index.html http://www.bestteachersites.com/themes/ Buckelew history: http://www.geocities.com/~buckalew/history.htm Thanks to Henry Hudson and others, the Dutch had settled New
York City and surrounding area at the time in the early 1600's. The
English had just taken over after the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the late 1600's when
the first part of Lakeview was built. Here are several sites on that early
period. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6497/newnether.html Interactive Archaeology exercises at Jamestowne site http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php Colonial House interactive site, from PBS series, with exercises and lessons on life in 1628 for grades 5-8. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/index.html Early America site, includes movies of George Washington and other famous people (needs high speed connection), as well as a variety of information on 18th century America. http://earlyamerica.com/
Bradford, William and others of the Mayflower Company, Homes in the Wilderness: A pilgim's journal. Linnet Books Hamden Connecticut 1988. (for upper grades) Waber, Bernard, Just Like Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic Books ___________1964. (for K-2 grades) Perl, Lila. Slumps, Grunts and Snickerdoodles: What Colonial America Ate and Why: Seabury Press New York 1975.
D'Amato, Janet and Alex. Colonial Crafts for you to make: Messner Books United States 1975. (Step by step instructions) Glubock, Shirley. Home and Child Life in Colonial Days: Macmillan Co Toronto 1969.Tunis, Edwin. Colonial Living: The World Publishing Co.,Cleveland 1957. Holliday, Carl. Women's Life in Colonial Days: Corner House Publisher, Massachusetts reprint 1968. Hopple, Cheryl G. The Heritage
Sampler: The Dial Press New York 1975 O'Conner, Hyla. The Early American Cookbook: Prentice Hall Englewood 1974. Penner, Lucille Recht. The Colonial Cookbook: Hastings House New York 1976.
http://www.free-clipart.net/ got food and many other images http://www.victoriana.com/animate/animate1.html animated victorian graphics http://free-stock-photos.com/war.html Civil War photos/Lincoln photos http://tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/clipart.htm Confederate Clip Art http://screamdesign.daz3d.com/
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