Experience life in eighteenth-century Colonial Williamsburg.  If you lived then, what would you do for a living?  Discover colonial trades or occupations, choose one, and make a sign to hang outside your shop.

1. Click on the Colonial Trades link to go to the web site.
2. Click at least 6 of the trades and read and write down what 1 (your) tradesperson does on the back of your contract.
3. BONUS points for finding your master!
4. Create a poster of a tradesperson.  Include the name, symbol, and job description.
   

Colonial Trades website: (http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm)

02/12/2009