1779 Loan Kit

 

Grades 4-12 

Explores the life of a soldier with the Sullivan-Clinton expedition.

Contents:

Slide show, continental soldier items (axe head, tricorn hat, stockings, clay pipe, dice, candle holder, flints and steel striker, cartridge rolling kit), books (Militia Discipline, Private Yankee Doodle Dandy, & "Glimpses of Canandaigua"), posters of military clothing, footwear, and weapons, Uniforms Book, and suggested activities (journals and journal making, mock trial of General Sullivan, and kit for rolling cartridges).

Inventory:

User's Guide (13 pp.), Slide Show (19 slides), and Trial Cards (6). Tricorn hat. Stockings (pair white). Claypipe. Dice (pair bone) and flints (2). Axe Head. Candleholder with 2 flints and steel striker inside. Cartridge rolling kit. Musket Balls (4). Militia Discipline. Private Yankee Doodle Dandy."Glimpses of Canandaigua and the Lake." Posters of military clothing, footwear and weapons (8). Uniforms Coloring Book. 


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