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How Much Is That In Today's Money?
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How Much Is That In Today's Money?
Colonial Williamsburg visitors ask hundreds of questions every day on dozens of topics. Why did men wear wigs? What did farmers store in barrels? How long did it take to make a horseshoe? How far could a musket shoot? Where did Patrick Henry sit in the House of Burgesses? One of the most frequent inquiries is about money.
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Primary Source:
Virginia Gazette Advertisement
Advertisements in the Virginia Gazette featured a vast variety of goods and services that reflect eighteenth-century life in the southern colonies. They reveal how people earned a living, how they spent their money, and give insight about economy and the connection to Great Britain.
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Teaching
Strategy: Eighteenth-Century Economy
Try these ideas to help students understand colonial economy and the differences between 18th- and 21st-century currency.
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Colonial
Williamsburg Teaching Resources for Your
Classroom
Colonial Williamsburg offers a variety of quality instructional materials to help you teach students about life in early America, including:
—A Day in the Life (Instructional Videos)
—Hands-On History: Lady's Pocket
—Buying Respectability (Lesson Plan)
—Quill Pen, Ink Powder & Paper
—The Coins of Colonial America (Book)
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Teaching
News
NCHE Holds National Conference in Pittsburgh
Join fellow history educators at the National Council for History Education’s Annual Conference April 21-23, 2005 in Pittsburgh!
This year’s theme is “Conflict and Cooperation in History.” The conference will open with David McCullough speaking on the rich history of Pittsburgh as a lens through which to view all of American history. George Washington, courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg, will follow, speaking on his experiences in the “Ohio country.” This year’s event will include three full days of workshops and a variety of history field trips. For current information call the NCHE office at 440-835-1776 or visit www.history.org/nche.
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"Credit is the vital air of the system of modern commerce. It has done more, a thousand times, to enrich nations, than all the mines of all the world. It has excited labor, stimulated manufactures, pushed commerce over every sea, and brought every nation, every kingdom, and every small tribe, among the races of men, to be known to all the rest."
--Senator Daniel Webster
(1782-1852)
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