Presents details of daily life of Colonial children during the period from 1607 to 1775.

Presents details of daily life of American children during the period from 1775 to 1800.

Presents details of daily life of American children during the period from 1890 to 1914.

Recounts the experiences of a typical childhood during World War II, including work, play, and educational activities, and identifies the struggles felt with regard to the war.

Describes what life was like for young people moving to and living on the western frontier.

Presents details of daily life of American children during the period from 1860 to 1865.

Describes what life was like for young people and their families during the harsh times of the Depression, from 1929 to the beginning of World War II.

Bright white teeth. Straight leg bones. Awkwardly contorted arm bones. On a hot summer day in 2005, Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution peered into an excavated grave, carefully examining the fragile skeleton that had been buried there for four hundred years. "He was about fifteen years old when he died. And he was European," Owsley concluded. But how did he know? Just as forensic scientists use their knowledge of human remains to help solve crimes, they use similar skills to solve the mysteries of the long-ago past. Join author Sally M. Walker as she works alongside the scientists investigating colonial-era graves near Jamestown, Virginia, as well as other sites in Maryland. As you follow their investigations, she'll introduce you to what scientists believe are the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, an indentured servant, a colonial official and his family, and an enslaved African girl. All are reaching beyond the grave to tell us their stories, which are written in bone.

Looks at the different modes of dress in America in the colonial period, from the garments and accessories worn by different Native American groups to the fashions at the time of the American Revolution.

True or False? Anne Hutchinson preached in a puritan church in colonial Massachusetts.