Colonization and Revolution

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert
• The New Americans by Betsy Maestro

Lesson 1

• Living in the Jamestown Colony by Jessica Rusick

Materials

Common Materials

• colored pencils or markers
• journal
• scissors
• books about one of the thirteen colonies
• materials will vary depending on your child's project choices
• glue
• tape
• chalk

Lesson 4

• construction paper* (4.1 - Option 1)

Lesson 5

• jingle bell
• legal-size black paper
• needle
• paper or Styrofoam cup
• pencil
• pins
• 18"x18" square of black felt
• 18"x18" square of cardboard
• 2 pipe cleaners
• clear tape
• aluminum foil
• black thread
• ruler

Lesson 7

• spoon* (7.3 - Option 1)
• bowl* (7.3 - Option 1)
• 24" of string* (7.3 - Option 1)
• 1 cup of water * (7.3 - Option 1)
• 1/2 cup of flour * (7.3 - Option 1)
• 1/2 yard of brown felt* (7.3 - Option 2)
• 12" square of poster board* (7.3 - Option 1)
• rag for cleanup* (7.3 - Option 1)
• needle and thread* (7.3 - Option 2)
• newspaper* (7.3 - Option 1)
• paints and paintbrush* (7.3 - Option 1)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used