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Introduction to Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Download the directions and game board for “Nine Men’s Morris,” a strategy game which provided entertainment for Revolutionary War soldiers.
NINE MEN’S MORRIS – Anna’s Adventures
Download the directions and game board for “Nine Men’s Morris,” a strategy game which provided entertainment for Revolutionary War soldiers.
Learn more about Baron von Steuben, a key trainer of the Continental Army, and practice the facing commands taught to Anna using the provided illustrations.
DRUMS & DRILLS – Anna’s Adventures
Drums and Drills Activity Sheet
Learn more about Baron von Steuben, a key trainer of the Continental Army, and practice the facing commands taught to Anna using the provided illustrations.
Follow simple recipes to create your own preserved food at home, complete a word search and identify preservation methods in an illustration of 18th-century foods.
PICK & PICKLE – Anna’s Adventures
Follow simple recipes to create your own preserved food at home, complete a word search and identify preservation methods in an illustration of 18th-century foods.
Hear Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley, Ph.D., speak on the subject of his book “‘That Astonishing Infantry’: The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1689-2006,” a lecture presented on March 24, 2015 at the Yorktown Victory Center.
Hear Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley speak about the history of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
The DIY History series, featuring host Patrick Teague with historical interpreters at Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, is inspired by television “do it yourself” shows. Videos and accompanying activity pages explore the production of products in 17th- and 18th-century America and how these production processes can be applied today.
Color to Dye For Worksheets
DIY Dyeing Worksheet
DIY Dyeing Worksheet 2
Trouble Brewing Worksheets
Trouble Brewing Worksheets
Trouble is brewing in Britain’s North American colonies! Join host Patrick as he explores why tea was important during colonial times and how Britain ended up in hot water by taxing it. Then practice brewing your own tea recipes and share them on our Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/historyisfun
Visit Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown during the holiday season!
Color is the spice of life, and 18th-century colonists thought so too. Discover the importance of richly colored clothing in colonial times.
Experience America’s beginnings at Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
