Picture the Past
27 total works
Picture the Past
by Jennifer Blizin Gillis, Laura Fischer, and Sally Senzell Isaacs
Published 1 September 2003
An overview of life in St. Augustine, Florida, from 1513 to 1845, including the housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities of the settlers, as well as their interaction with native people.
Describes the history and daily life in the area of Texas that became home to the Alamo, focusing on the years 1780 to 1840.
Reveals the lives of the people who set up the first colonies in the United States, discussing their homes and shelter, food, clothes, schools, communications, and everyday activities.
Introduces the daily lives of people who settled in the first cities in the United States, discussing houses, clothing, schools, and work.
An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.
An overview of life for the Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco from 1840 through 1910, including their employment, family life, and everyday activities, as well as the prejudice they faced.
An overview of life from 1624 to 1664 in New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony which was the first settlement along the Hudson River Valley in New York state and which grew to be New York City.
An overview of life on a pioneer homestead including building a home, cooking food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.
An introduction to what life was like on the Oregon Trail, describing the wagons, daily routines, food, clothing, Native Americans encountered on the way, and dangers.