Life in the Colonies

by Emily R. Smith and M.A.Ed.

Book Overview

Young readers will be fascinated to learn what life was like for the colonists in early America. The detailed images and easy-to-read text explore such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Navigation Acts, and slavery. Along with brief biographies on colonists and Indians like John Smith, William Penn, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe, this engaging reader explains means of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074398742X
• ISBN13: 9780743987424
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3 to Postsecondary