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Portable Education Programs (PEP)

Colonial Household  Food & Clothing  Money & Jobs  School & Play

Colonial Household

Introduction

Books for Reference - 18th Century Primary Sources

Every Woman Her Own Housekeeper
Every Young Woman's Companion 
Lady's Companion 
The American Instructor 
The Young Secretary's Guide
Whole Duty of a Woman

Cooking

Cooking Information
Cooking Recipes to Try
Cooking Tools Challenge
Cooking Tools Images

Household Management

Expenses
Household Management Information
Letters
Quill Instructions
Writing Instructions

Laundry & Cleaning

Laundry Information

Food & Clothing

Introduction

Clothing

Lesson Plan - Clothing
Clothing Answer Key
Drawing Prompts
Portraits

Fibers

Lesson Plan - Fibers
Fabric Matching Game - Answer key
Raw Fiber - Answers
Writing Prompt

Making Clothes

Lesson Plan - Making clothes
Carding
Spinning
Weaving

Recipes

Lesson Plan - Recipes
Ingredient Matching Game
Math with Recipes
Math with Recipes - Answer key
Recipes to Try
The Art of Cookery 1788

Table Manners

Lesson Plan - Table Manners
School of Good Manners 1790 BW
School of Good Manners 1790
Vocabulary

Money & Jobs

Introduction

Apprenticeship

Lesson - Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship Indenture
Chapter 4
Chapter 8
Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Chapter 17
Guided Reading Activity
Indenture 1763

Identify Jobs

Lesson - Identify Jobs
Job Items - Key

Math with Money

Lesson - Math with Money
Math Problems - Answer Key
Math Problems 
Money Chart
The American Instructor 1758

Money in the Marketplace

Lesson - Money in the Marketplace
Advertisements
Money Chart
Paper Money to Print

Which Job Would You Want

Lesson 

School & Play

Introduction

Arithmetic & Spelling

Introduction - Arithmetic & Spelling
Lesson - Arithmetic & Spelling
Arithmetic 1749
Arithmetic Problems
Cockers Arithmetic 1702
Spelling Words
The American Instructor 1758

Games & Toys

Introduction - Games & Toys
Lesson - Games & Toys
Christmas Entertainments 1740
Games & Toys Instructions
The Compleat Gamester 1725

Music & Dancing

Introduction - Music & dancing
Lesson - Music & dancing
Intruments
Barrel organ
Fife and drum
Grand piano 1767
Guitar
Harp
Violin 1693

Music from CDs

Colonial Revolution Songs, Disc One:
Colonial & Revolution Songs, Disc Two:
Music for the Dances in Colonial Social Dancing for Children:

Stories & Books

Introduction - Stories & Books
Lesson - Stories & Books
Christmas Entertainments 1740
Stories -Christmas Entertainments
Robin Hood
The Story of the Merchants Two Sons 1792
The Youths Instructor 1792
English Folk Tales - Selected stories

Writing

Introduction - Writing
Lesson - Writing
Writing Instructions 1787
A new Guide to the English Tongue 1793
Alphabet Rhyme
Diary of Anna Green Winslow
How to Make a Quill Pen
Letter Folding
Letters
The New England Primer 1700s
The Young Clerks Assitant 1787
The Young Secretary's Guide 1764