Colonial Agriculture Trunk
This trunk includes books, curricula, and materials for hands-on learning about colonial agriculture.
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Books and Literature
- Curriculum guide: George Washington, Pioneer Farmer
- Comic: George Washington Leads the Way
- Mount Vernon visitor map
- Farmer George Plants a Nation
- Student reading: A Day at Mount Vernon
- Student reading: Slave Life at Mount Vernon
- Student reading: Archaeology at Mount Vernon
- Teacher’s manual: Seed to Table
Pack Basket with Clothing
- Shirt (1)
- Waistcoat (vest)
- Short pants
- Long pants
- Cloth
- Pair of socks
- Heavy blue coat
- Nightshirt and chemise
- Skirt
- Silk scarf
- Apron (1)
- Pockets (2)
- Corset
Hands-On Objects
- Ox Horn
- Blue and white plate
Agricultural Products
- Flax line tow/linen thread
- Flax seed
- Flax plant in various stages (3, in tubes)
- Gourd corn
- Wrought iron nail
- Watermelon seeds
- Hog Island wool roving and spun wool
- Tobacco seed pod
- Wheat heads
- Wheat seed
- Buckwheat seed
- Cotton bowl
- Cotton seed
- Cotton bandage
- Corn
- Straw
Tools
- Hoe
- Pitchfork
- Shovel
- Trowel
Multimedia
- CD: Lessons from Mount Vernon
- CD: George Washington’s Mount Vernon
- CD: George Washington, Pioneer Farmer
- CD: George Washington: Music for the First President
- DVD: The Real Martha Washington
- DVD: Seed to Table—Farming at Mt. Vernon
