FOCUS QUESTIONS:

• 1) What kind of clothing did men wear?
• 2) What kind of clothing did women wear?
• 3) What kind of clothing did children wear?
• 4) How did colonists make their clothing?
  
• 5) How did colonists wear their hair?
  

Helpful Resources:

• Colonial Williamsburg- 18th Century Clothing: Click on the links on the left side of the page to learn more about clothing for men, women, and children.
• Colonial Clothing
• Fibers Used in Clothing (The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Teacher Institute 2008 CD-ROM)
• Glossary of 18th Century Clothing (The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Teacher Institute 2008 CD-ROM)
• Dress Up: Focus on clothing during the 1770s
• Fashions
• Anatomy of a Woman's Gown
• 18th Century Women's Clothing
• Men's Clothes
• Anatomy of a Man's Suit
• 18th Century Mens Clothing
• 18th Century Paper Doll Game- Click on the "Go to the Tutorial" link to see how girls got dressed, step by step.
• Cosmetics & Style
• The Story of Wool (Source: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21547)
• Colonial American Spinning & Weaving - Use the index on the right to go directly to the section that you're interested in.
• Colonial Days Guide- Scroll to page 16 for general information about chores. Scroll to page 18-19 for information about how cloth was produced. (Source: www.athm.org/pdfs/athm-Colonial-Days-Teacher-Guide.pdf)
• Video Demonstration of Carding Wool 
• Video Demonstration of Spinning Wool 
• Weaver slideshow
• Textiles from the Index of American Design: Contains pictures and brief information about different types of fabrics that were spun and woven in colonial times
• Around the Globe- Map showing where cloth and other goods came from
• Old Sturbridge Village: Online Collections- Scroll down and click on the appropriate collection to view artifacts that were used in the New England colonies
• Wigmaker and Barber
• Wigs in Colonial Williamsburg
• Wigs in Colonial Times: Pictures
• Hair and Wigs 
• Colonial Williamsburg Trades: Click on the wigmaker link. 
• An 18th Century Trades Sampler: Click on the wigmaker link.
• Encyclopedia article about "Colonial Life in America" - Open the World Book application in your dock. It looks like a blue globe. Click on Topics. Type "Colonial Life in America" in the search box and press Return. The article will appear in the big box on the right. Scroll down the article until you find the bold heading/section that relates to your topic. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION! 
• If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days by Ann McGovern
• If You Lived in Colonial Times by Barbara Brenner
• Colonial Kids by Laurie Carlson
• Children's Life in Colonial America by George Rice
• History Pockets: Colonial America by Marc Tyler Nobleman
• Everyday Dress of the American Colonial Period by Peter F. Copeland
• and other books about colonial times available in our class and school library!

 Notes

Clothing Focus Question 1

Clothing Focus Question 2

Clothing Focus Question 3

Clothing Focus Question 4

Clothing Focus Question 5

Rough Draft (RD)

Clothing Focus Question 1 RD

Clothing Focus Question 2 RD

Clothing Focus Question 3 RD

Clothing Focus Question 4 RD

Clothing Focus Question 5 RD

Final Drafts (FD)

Clothing Focus Question 1 FD

Clothing Focus Question 2 FD

Clothing Focus Question 3 FD

Clothing Focus Question 4 FD

Clothing Focus Question 5 FD

Clothing Presentation Script