Colonial Williamsburg's Electronic Field Trips 2002 Grades 6-12 Retention Rights: 10 days standard viewing rights from time of broadcast Web Site: www.history.org/trips Now you and your students can visit Colonial Williamsburg without leaving your desks. Experience the wonders of 18th Century Williamsburg through the Electronic Field Trips. Visit one of the most important towns in America and experience the founding of freedom. Feel the revolutionary spirit that builds this nation. LESSEN will provide broadcast of the electronic field trips for your viewing. Schools may register for a nominal fee. Registered schools receive 1-800 phone number so they can call on the day of the Electronic Field Trip and interact with our interpreters and historian. You also receive access to our special web site activities, electronic bulletin board, teacher's guides, primary sources, lesson plans, and life of tape rights. For more information you may call (410) 548-4774. A $ 7.00 per hour LESSEN site fee will be requested for registered schools.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, most Americans were farmers. Explore the rural traditions, self-reliance, economy and seasonal rhythms of farming life.
Hear the story of how African-Americans survived slavery through close networks of "whispered" news, information that built relationships and kept communities close.
From the 18th to the 21st Century, advances in technology changed the nature of work. Examine technology's effect on labor, family and how people perceive their jobs.
Though Americans protected British taxation for nearly ten years, the Boston Tea Party in 1773 was the final spark that united the colonials against Great Britain.
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