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Pioneer Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes (American Kids in History Series)
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by David C. King
Sales Rank: 164688
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List Price: $12.95
$10.36
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Features
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
Published by: Jossey-Bass September 3, 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0471161691
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471161691
Book Dimensions:
10.5 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
Weighs: 10.4 ounces
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6?An interesting and unusual assortment of history, culture, crafts, and stories to teach about the daily life of the pioneers. In chapters arranged by seasons, King chronicles the life of a fictional family. The women's work and pastimes are more detailed than those of the men, leading into the instructions for a variety of objects and foodstuffs that were fashioned by mothers and daughters, such as air-dried flowers, toys and games, homemade soda pop, johnnycakes, and various holiday ornaments. The author's research is evident, and the presentation of the activities and recipes is so engaging that the book will appeal to a wide audience. Shaded sidebars offer intriguing historical data about various customs and artifacts and explain how technology changed some of the traditional methods mentioned in the narrative. Suitable caveats are given with regard to getting adult help, or picking only flowers that do not belong to others. Churning butter and making cheese are often mentioned, but directions are not given. The bibliography is excellent. Pen-and ink drawings clearly demonstrate the steps for creating the various projects. A book that's enjoyable as well as educational.?Marilyn Fairbanks, East Junior High School, Brockton, MA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Dozens of fun, hands-on projects and activities from the days of the American pioneers
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.
Pioneer Days is filled with interesting bits of historical information and fun facts about growing up in days gone by. Discover how different—and how similar—life was for American kids in history.
Watch for Colonial Days the next exciting book in the American Kids in HistoryTM series!
Reader Reviews
Apologies--I haven't read this book yet, but I had to say something about this point. While Wiley & Son's activity & craft books are generally outstanding, there is a potentially serious problem with this one. The Hopi and Navajo activities included here should be handled with extreme care. Hopi kachina dolls and Navajo sand paintings are both sacred items in their cultural context. While they are commonly promoted as tourist items and (wrongly) as appropriate "multi-cultural" activities for children, a settler in the southwest in 1843 would most likely *not* have encountered them unless they were actively involved with the Hopi or Navajo to the extent of becoming tribal members active in the Hopi or Navajo religions. Kachinas are deities for the Hopi, interceding between humans and higher powers along the same lines as Catholic saints. Kachina dolls are representations of the kachinas, given to children to teach them about the different spirits, what they wear and how they act. The kachina spirits spend half of each year living among the Hopi villagers in the form of costumed dancers, in a cycle of often playful but still sacred festivals. Navajo sand paintings are sacred components of healing ceremonies, which can last several nights (the length depending on which ceremony it is). The painting is made near the beginning of the ceremony, as a map for the spiritual journey the person will undergo, and is erased at the end. White settlers in the Southwest might have seen Hopi kachina dolls held by children, and might have witnessed Hopi kachina dances (probably from a distance); but Navajo sand paintings they would *not* have seen unless they were part of a healing ceremony. If you use the Native American sections of this book, please do so only with the understanding of the sacred nature of these activities, with proper respect for their meaning. Do a little more research, and make sure both you and the children grasp the nature of the belief systems that Hopi kachinas and Navajo sand paintings represent. To do these activities with your kids is a little like playing at making Catholic communion bread and having a mock Eucharist ceremony. Thanks for reading!
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