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Primary Source
of the Month
"Industry and Idleness" handkerchief, Great Britain,
ca. 1775. Acc. #1950-104.
CONTENTS
Q & A: Colonial Apprenticeships
Primary
Source of the Month
Teaching
Strategy
Colonial Williamsburg Teaching Resources
Teaching News
Quote of the Month
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Q& A: Colonial Apprenticeships
An apprenticeship was a legal contract between the apprentice and master craftsman. As part of the contract, an apprentice agreed to keep trade secrets, obtain his master’s permission before leaving the premises, and abstain from vices such as frequenting taverns and the theater. The contract also listed the the master's obligations to his apprentice, including providing a basic education, training in the trade, and room and board. This Q&A answers several frequently asked questions about colonial apprenticeships.
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Primary Source of the Month:
"Industry and Idleness" Handkerchief
In the eighteenth century, the well-known fictional story of the industrious apprentice William Goodchild and the lazy apprentice Jack Idle appeared in many forms, including this printed handkerchief. The moral lesson of the story depicted in its twelve scenes is clear: hard work and virtuous behavior lead to success, while laziness leads to wickedness and disaster.
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Teaching
Strategy: Industry and Idleness Rewarded
In this activity students examine the concepts of "industry and idleness" and relate these ideas to modern-day school students. Then students create their own "Industrious and Idle Students" handkerchiefs.
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Colonial
Williamsburg Teaching Resources for Your
Classroom Colonial
Williamsburg offers a variety of quality
instructional materials dealing with 18th-century
life, including:
– Eighteenth-century writing implements
– Earning a Living as a Tradesperson in Colonial America (lesson unit)
– A Day in the Life (instructional video series)
– Nancy's Story: 1765 (book)
– Good Children Get Rewards (book)
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Teaching
News
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Pearson Scott Foresman offers Leveled Readers (for grades K through 6, in both English and Spanish) for Social Studies!
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Quote
of the Month
"Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences." — Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790),
in a letter to John Alleyne, August 9, 1768 |
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