Publications

=Below are books and publications that have been suggested as helpful in teaching Colonial American history.=
 * __Colonial Living__ by Edwin Tunis - " . . . a vigorous re-creation of 17th- and 18th-century America, examines the everyday lives of those sturdy men and women who transplanted European culture to the New World."
 * __Colonial Craftsman__ by Edwin Tunis - " . . . Tunis vividly reconstructs the vanished ways of colonial America's skilled craftsmen . . . over 450 meticulous drawings . . . ."
 * __American Revolution Multimedia CD__ - a collection of royalty free audio and video clips, pictures, and clipart.
 * __Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution 1650 - 1750__ by J. Revell Carr - "Revell Carr illuminates the eventful century that led to a revolution."
 * __Super Pop-Up Reports for American History__ by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord (Scholastic) ISBN 0-590-58101-5 NOTE: May be out of print, but still available from booksellers that sell out-of-print and/or used books. It can be ordered from several of these through Amazon.com.
 * __The Deadly Politics of Giving - Exchange and Violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown__ by Seth Mallios - a very interesting look at the Gift economy of the Native American peoples and the Commodity economy of the first European settlers and how the two worked and didn't work. Remember the Jamestown discussion about trade and the the place of copper in exchange? Read more about it in this concise work.