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Three Young Pilgrims
In these richly detailed pages, you'll meet three of the young Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower, Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary Allerton.

The handsome paintings help you imagine how they lived after landing at Plymouth, through the dark winter and the busy days of spring, summer, and fall.

Culminating with the harvest and the excitement of the first Thanksgiving feast, and featuring an illustrated epilogue that further personalizes the individuals and groups involved, Three Young Pilgrims makes history come alive. Based on the author-illustrator's extensive research, it conveys both information and emotion, capturing the feeling of seasons turning and moods changing, as, for the Allerton children, Plymouth becomes home.
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American Kids in History: Pioneer Days
Join twelve-year-old Sam Butler and his nine-year-old sister, Liz, on the American frontier in 1843. Discover the hard work, fun, and adventure of their daily lives, and along the way learn how to play games, make toys and crafts, and perform everyday activities just like Liz and Sam.

You can make your own homemade soda pop and cook up a batch of johnnycakes. Use clay to create your own pottery and design a string of African trade beads, or learn the Native American art of sandpainting. You can even make your own holiday decorations out of dough or pinecones-if you're not too busy playing tangram, a Chinese puzzle game, or a beanbag target game.

WARNING: There is one project for Halloween that we believe should be avoided.
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Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
Text and photographs follow a six-year-old Pilgrim boy through a busy day during the spring harvest in 1627: doing chores, getting to know his Wampanoag Indian neighbors, and spending time with his family.
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Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Text and photographs of Plimouth Plantation follow a Pilgrim girl through a typical day as she milks the goats, cooks and serves meals, learns her letters, and adjusts to her new stepfather.
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*Unit Study Guide Pioneers: Nature, Life and Times, and American Geography
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*Unit Study Guide Thanksgiving
The history of the Pilgrims, their pilgrimage and their settlement and the Native Americans that shared the first Thanksgiving feast.
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Red Ribbon of Christ(mas) - A Family Devotional
In 25 days of 20 minute family devotions, beginning with creation and continuing through the Resurrection of Jesus, your family will see God's plan of salvation throughout Scripture! A "memorial stone" coloring piece is added to a red ribbon each day, unfolding God's promise of a Redeemer through Scripture. Includes titles of praise songs and hymns for each day.

Written by Janice Southerland of Children's Know and Grow Inductive Bible Studies.
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Facts on Halloween: What Christians Should Know
This 60 page 'Facts on' book delivers up-to-date information, well-researched arguments, and a conservative, Christian perspective on an issue that impacts Christians. Trick or treat? Every Halloween children set out to gather as many goodies as they possibly can, acting out practices they know little about. Whether through trick-or-treating in the neighborhood or dressing up in scary costumes for school, Halloween teaches kids about witches, ghosts, and the occult. In this book you will learn the answers to the following questions and much more:

Is this autumn ritual truly innocent, or does it also have a darker side?
When and where did Halloween originate?
What customs come from pagan beliefs?
Is Halloween different today from a generation ago?
Are ghosts, poltergeists, and witches myths?
What should Christians know if they choose to participate in this event?

This book will help you evaluate Halloween’s history and impact and guide you in determining your approach to this seasonal celebration.
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Childhood of Pocahontas - Young Peacemaker
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The World of Captain John Smith
Spanning the years from 1580-1631 the life of the adventurous John Smith gives a picture of the world just before and during the colonization of America. When Smith was a boy, Shakespeare was on his way to London to become an actor, the Spanish Armada had failed to conquer England, Mary Queen of Scots had lost her head, and Akbar the young prince of India sought to rule his people wisely. Galileo was perfecting his telescope and seeing things never before seen by the human eye, while Pocahontas romped the forests of Virginia and saved a young Englishman's life. A little band of Pilgrims seeking to escape religious persecution in England fled to Holland and a little Dutch boy named Rembrandt began to paint. These are just a few of the intriguing personalities, events, discoveries, and advances that made up the world of Captain John Smith and are now made alive to the reader in Foster's masterful way. 406pg

Reading Level Advanced (7th grade and up)
Listening level all ages

"This book is a story of the world. It is a slice of history measured by the lifetime of Captain John Smith, a small, courageous Englishman who was born in the days of Queen Elizabeth I and whose heart, he said, had been forever 'set on brave adventure.' This is a very successful and welcome addition to Mrs. Fosters other horizontal treatments of history in which she presents, along with historical events, a total picture of the world - religious, cultural, social, and economic - during the span of one man's life. As in the others, many drawings add much to the attractiveness of the volume and are in keeping with the lively, authentic text. - Horn Book.
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Colonial America Wall Project
Teaches students how America's thirteen colonies began, as well as unsuccessful attempts to colonize earlier. Students will learn about colonial life and government in the 17th & 18th centuries. They will learn about craftsmen, indentured servants, tenant farmers, slaves, and the gentry. It has ten extra sheets of activities and information for duplication. Included are the Mayflower Compact; directions and patterns for making a hornbook; and a matching activity of craftspeople. The project ends with information about The French and Indian War and events that led to The American Revolution.
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The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
From the first inhabitants of North America through the end of the American War of Independence in 1783, The Story of the Thirteen Colonies retells as an engaging narrative the history of the discovery, exploration, and settlement of North America, the founding and growth of thirteen English colonies along the Atlantic seaboard, the Colonial Wars between the French, English, and Indians; and the causes, events, and conclusion of the American War of Independence. In 84 lessons and 242 pages, we meet the Native Americans; the daring Spanish and French conquistadors, explorers, and missionaries; Dutch colonizers; English Separatists, Puritans, and settlers; and our courageous American heroes and statesmen. We meet the brave and the wise; the foolish and the proud: Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, Father Hennepin, Captain John Smith, William Bradford, Cotton Mather, William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Benedict Arnold, to name just a few.

In her preface, Miss Guerber writes, "The aim has been not only to interest children in the great men of their own country, but to stimulate them to the cultivation of the lofty virtues of which they read, and to instill within their hearts a deep love for their native land. All the main facts in our early history have been given as simply and vividly as possible, and the lessons of patriotism, truthfulness, courage, patience, honesty, and industry taught by the lives of our principal heroes are carefully enforced. Great pains have also been taken to relate all the well-known anecdotes and quote the famous speeches which are so frequently alluded to in our current literature." Like the other histories by H. A. Guerber that Nothing New Press has republished, The Story of the Thirteen Colonies includes additional maps, a comprehensive timeline of events and people encountered in the story, as an aid for testing retention, memory work, and to help children in constructing their own history timelines.
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America: The First 350 Years
"Offers the most lucid contrast of the false history we have been taught with what actually happened. This author pulls the historical facts together and organizes his presentation better than anyone else I know of." Cathy Duffy, Christian Home Educators’ Curriculum Manual. Learn not just what happened in our history, but why it happened and what it means to us today. Pastor Wilkens not only corrects the lies, but he points out many facts that have been "overlooked" by modern historians. The lectures are highly engaging, informative, interesting and educational. The MP3 may be loaded onto your computer and into an IPOD, etc. The comprehensive lecture outlines, index, bibliography, and a 16 page study guide come in PDF format and may be printed. These lectures are also great for long car trips. The entire family can learn from them! Chosen by Mary Pride as the best new history resource.
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Everyday Dress of the Colonial Period Coloring Book
Authentically detailed drawings depict typical figures from revolutionary war period-broom seller, farmer, wagoner, Indian chief, cooper, doctor, wigmaker, lady, gentleman, town watchman and many more. Delightful sourcebook for learning social history. 46 lively drawings-15 figures depicted in color on covers.
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Early American Crafts and Occupations Coloring Book
40 illustrations of textile dyers, herdsman, potter, furniture makers, cannon founders, ship carver and more. Captions.
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Early American Trades Coloring Book
Wigmakers, glassblowers, hatters, 19 other colonial craftsmen, with their tools and products on facing pages. 44 illustrations and 22 descriptive captions.
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If You Lived In Colonial Times
If you lived in colonial times what kind of clothes would you wear? Would you go to school? What would happen if you didn't behave? This book tells you what it was like to live in the New England colonies during the years 1565 to 1776.
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If You Sailed On The Mayflower
If you sailed on the Mayflower what could you take with you? How would you keep clean? What would you do when you first got to shore?
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If You Were There at the First Thanksgiving
"This is one of the best Thanksgiving books I have read. I got it for my 5 year old daughter to learn from (we homeschool) and then I ended up reading it to my entire family (my parents, grandparents, brothers and sister in laws, niece) after we ate our Thanksgiving dinner this year. Everyone was fascinated by some of the things we learned from it that we had not known before and it was nice for all of us to sit around the table after we ate and enjoy it together." - JV
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Trailblazer The Mayflower Secret - William Bradford
Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Tilley and her family have been waiting for this day for months - the day the Mayflower sets sail from England. The late start means uncertain weather and a long, hard journey for everyone. But the trip seems especially rough for Dorothy Bradford, the frail young wife of William Bradford. One night, Elizabeth discovers Dorothy alone on deck. Thinking the woman wants to be alone, Elizabeth returns to bed. But the next morning, she awakes to the news that Dorothy has disappeared! Afraid that William Bradford will blame her for his wife’s death, Elizabeth tells no one what she saw that night. When they finally arrive in the New World, many passengers become very ill. Several of them die before the new colony is established, including Elizabeth’s parents. Left an orphan, Elizabeth must deal with her terrible secret alone. How can she ever face Governor Bradford again? If she dares to tell the truth, will it ruin her chance for happiness in the new colony? Alone in the new world, Elizabeth guards a shocking secret.
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Trailblazer Study Guide - The Mayflower Secret - William Bradford
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The Light And The Glory
Did Columbus believe God called him west? Does American democracy owe its inception to the handful of Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth? If there was a specific, divine call upon this nation, is it still valid today? This best-selling book answers these questions.
Grades 7 through Adult
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Study Guide For The Light And The Glory
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The Light And The Glory For Children
Makes clear to young readers how God worked to establish this nation. Includes excellent study helps.
Ages 7 - 12
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Activity Book For Light And Glory For Children
Makes clear to young readers how God worked to establish this nation. Includes excellent study helps.
Ages 5 - 8
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American Family Of The Colonial Period Historical Paper Dolls
Spanning 3 generations, an American family of 8 is shown in period attire worn for housework, farming, and formal occasions. Wardrobes include lace-and-ruffle embellished gowns, a judge's robe, military uniforms, an elegant suit of green velvet, Indian-inspired frontier attire and much more. 8 paper dolls. 32 costumes.
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American Family Of The Pilgrim Period Historical Paper Dolls
8 dolls and 28 costumes: authentically rendered suits, busks, jerkins, capes, shifts, petticoats, corsets, linen shirts, breeches, and more-for work and travel, for leisure wear and special occasions. Informative text provides abundant details on accessories.
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American Indian Boy And Girl Historical Paper Dolls
Two young native Americans model 31 traditional outfits and accessories of tribes that span the continent: Apache coming-of-age dress, Pueblo Deer Dancer's costume, decorated with evergreen sprigs; a Tlingit dress with button blanket, an Inuit costume of the Far North, complete with ivory snow goggles and harpoon; the dress of a modern Kiowa princess, many more. Identifying captions.
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A Lion to Guard Us
Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. This book is based on a true story.
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Cut And Assemble The Mayflower
Build your own authentic replica of the famed Pilgrim ship. Step-by-step instructions, easy-to-follow diagrams enable beginners and experienced hobbyists to assemble this magnificent 17-inch long model. Features include fo'c'sle, main deck, half deck, rudder, masts, sails, more. Informative text.
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Cut And Assemble Columbus' Santa Maria
Exciting paper model of famed flagship, beautifully recreated in authentic detail down to the last banner, sail, ship’s boat and anchor. Easy-to-follow instructions, diagrams and simple desk tools enable hobbyists, young students of American history to construct 12" x 12" x 3 1/2" model of historic ship.
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Cut And Assemble Early American Seaport
Lighthouse, ship chandlery, tavern, cooper's shop, 7 other buildings. Full-color, H-O scale buildings with how-to instructions and diagrams.
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Cut And Assemble Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis
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Cut And Assemble Old English Village
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Cut And Assemble Old Fashioned Farm
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Make This Model Medieval Town
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CLP - History for Little Pilgrims
Presents a lively and Biblical overview of world and American history. Children will learn about Creation and the nations, the history of God’s kingdom, early explorers and cultures, the discovery of the Americas, and the growth and development of the United States. Numerous full-color illustrations, maps, and chapter questions help to ensure excellent comprehension. Geography lessons are also included. This is one of the cutest history books I have seen. In addition to being colorful, it is accurate, well written and interesting. If my children were young, we would surely use it!
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CLP - History for Little Pilgrims Coloring Book
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CLP - Little Pilgrims Teacher's Guide
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CLP - Boys and Girls of Colonial Days
Children learn more about people like Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross and George Washington as they read about children who interacted with these famous characters during their struggle for liberty.
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CLP - Tests - Boys and Girls of Colonial Days
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CLP - Answer Key - Boys and Girls Of Colonial Days
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CLP - History Stories For Children
This well-illustrated reader exposes children to a wide variety of wholesome stories based upon famous historical events and personalities from the Bible, America, and around the world. Students sharpen their reading skills while they learn about Alexander the Great, King David, George Washington and many others. The stories within this volume can be used to enhance a wide variety of unit or topical studies.
Grade 3
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CLP - History Stories For Children Key
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CLP - Answer Key - History Stories for Children
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CLP - Stories of the Pilgrims
A delightful and interesting account of the adventures of the Pilgrims. This book brings history alive so students can experience the day-to-day lifestyle of our Pilgrim fathers. Comprehension questions are included.
Grade 4
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CLP - Answer Key - Stories of the Pilgrims
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Color the Classics: Christmas Carols with CD
Where did we get our Christmas carols? Why did it take 4 men 115 years to write "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?" Your kids (as well as yourself) will discover the origins of the Christmas carols. How long did it actually take to compose "Messiah?" This Christmas remember the carols that honor Christ! With the carols playing in the background, your children will color the illustration while you retell the carol's story. This is a great family holiday activity to start shortly after Thanksgiving.
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Christmas Carols
A heart-warming collection of 28 well-loved, traditional Christmas carols with music specially arranged for children's voices. All the songs have easy accompaniments for for piano or keyboard, and indications for simple guitar chords. The melody line is also suitable for playing on recorder, flute, or violin. The large type makes this book especially good for young pianists. Ages 7 and up.
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A Christmas Carol
The classic Christmas story. One of the most beloved Christmas stories in English, this engrossing tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's journeys through Christmases past, present and future and his ultimate transformation. When he is forced to see what his actions have done to himself and others, he is reawakened to the commandment, "Love your neighbor." He turns from a greedy, cold-hearted, harsh and grasping old miser to a charitable and compassionate human being. A perennial classic that has become as much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe and evergreen wreaths.
Grades 8 - 12
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Print Format Study Guide - A Christmas Carol
These are reproducible. You may make as many copies as you need for your students.
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CD Study Guide - A Christmas Carol
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Annual Christmas Play Was Safe And Routine Until The Herdmans, The Worst Kids In World History, Blackmail Their Way Into All The Main Parts. What Happens When Kids Who Have Never Heard The Christmas Story Interpret It For Their New Church?
Grades 4 - 6
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Original Study Guide - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
This original study guide has increased in price to more than double the original price. The format was changed to a larger version but the content remains EXACTLY the same. We have some of the originals at the old prices while supplies last.
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CD Study Guide - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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