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13 COLONIES ARTISANS AND TRADES

This section provides descriptions, images, videos, and activities related to the trades of colonial America.

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13 Colonies Artisans and Trades Interactive

Description: This is the internet’s most comprehensive exhibit on colonial industry and trades. Learn about being a blacksmith, silversmith, gunsmith, hatter, wheelwright, printer, milliner, and much more.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Artisans and Trades Digital Scavenger Hunt

Description: This interactive activity allows students to use the interactive 13 Colonies Artisans and Trades exhibit to find the answers to the scavenger hunt questions.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Artisans and Trades Fact or Fiction

Description: This interactive activity allows students to use the interactive 13 Colonies Artisans and Trades exhibit to determine if each statement is fact or fiction.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Artisans and Trades Scavenger Hunt

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the 13 Colonies Artisans and Trades interactive exhibit and map.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Apothecary

Description: This page describes the role of the apothecary in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Blacksmith

Description: This page describes the role of the blacksmith in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Brickmaker

Description: This page describes the role of the brickmaker in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Candlemaker

Description: This page describes the role of the candlemaker (chandler) in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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13 Colonies Cobbler

Description: This page describes the role of the cobbler in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Cooper

Description: This page describes the role of the cooper in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies General Store

Description: This page describes the role of the general store in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Gunsmith

Description: This page describes the role of the gunsmith in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Hatter

Description: This page describes the role of the hatter in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Milliner

Description: This page describes the role of the milliner in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Printer

Description: This page describes the role of the printer in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Religion in the 13 colonies

Description: This page describes the role of religion in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Saddlemaker

Description: This page describes the role of the saddlemaker in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Silversmith

Description: This page describes the role of the silversmith in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

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13 Colonies Tavern Keeper

Description: This page describes the role of the tavern keeper in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Wheelwright

Description: This page describes the role of the wheelwright in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Wigmaker

Description: This page describes the role of the wigmaker in colonial America.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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13 Colonies Trades Matching

Description: How well do you know colonial artisans? This activity requires students to match the artisan with their job description.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

13 Colonies Trades Word Search

Description: This is a simple word search. Students must find 13 colonies artisans such as blacksmith, silversmith, hatter, milliner, and others.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Benjamin Franklin and Colonial Printing - Video

Description: This video describes Benjamin Franklin's colonial printing enterprise

Type: Video

Format: Online Activity

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13 Colonies Trades Correct-me Passage - Online

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about 13 Colonies Trades that has nine factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3

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Life as a Blacksmith Sentence Surgeons - Online

Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.

Type: Sentence Surgeons

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 198 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Reading Comprehension - Printable

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 198 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Sentence Puzzles

Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about life as a colonial blacksmith. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.

Type: Sentence Surgeons

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Cloze Reading - Printable

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Life as a Colonial Blacksmith Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph. This exercise gives immediate feedback

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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