Colonial Job Fair Information

     Use the links below to prepare for your Colonial Job Fair Presentation.  Everything you need to know should be included somewhere in this list! 

However, if you have any problems finding information, just let me know.  :)

 

 Overview of Jobs:

 Colonial_Jobs_Digital_Learning_Guide.pdf 

 

General Information:

https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/jobs_occupations.php 

https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/explore/historic-trades/?from=navexplore 

https://mrnussbaum.com/apothecary  (SCROLL DOWN to the list of jobs!)

 

 

  

Apprenticeship Information:

"What is an apprenticeship? In Colonial America, instead of the traditional path of higher education, students entered into an apprenticeship; an opportunity to learn a craft by working directly with an expert. The apprenticeship was a legal contract between the apprentice (the student) and master craftsman. These contracts were often drawn up, signed before the courts, entered into a deed book, and considered binding. 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. Most important, the apprentice agreed to work for the master without pay for the term of the contract. The contract also listed the obligations of the master craftsman to his apprentice. Masters provided basic education (reading, writing, and arithmetic), training in the craft, room and board, and sometimes a set of tools or clothes on completion of the apprenticeship.

 

The ideal age for an apprenticeship might be considered fourteen, so that a full seven-year apprenticeship could be served by age twenty-one, but this was seldom the actual practice. The shorter apprenticeships common in the American colonies were achieved by starting at a later age. It was not uncommon for a master to charge parents an apprenticeship fee, and even orphans sometimes had to pay. Apprentices were provided with room and board, and sometimes given a sum of money or set of tools at the end of their apprenticeship. Occasionally they were paid during the last few years of the term." - Daily News  

 

 

 

SPECIFIC JOB LINKS:

  

 Apothecary 

1 - https://mrnussbaum.com/apothecary 

2 - https://facts4me.com/disp_subject.php?s_id=1324  

3 - https://www.theclassroom.com/what-tools-did-apothecaries-use-in-colonial-times-12082961.html 

4 - Famous apothecaries and what they discovered:  https://herbal-medicine.imedpub.com/the-apothecary-in-colonial-america.php?aid=20652 

5 - Interesting Info (This is long...but you can skim through it!)

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58490/58490-h/58490-h.htm 

6 - Links to PDFs:

• Apothecary -Medication Preparation.pdf
• Apothecary.pdf

 

 Basketmaker (Video links may work at home.)

1 - https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Spring06/basketmaking.cfm

2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl12JUnDcaw

3 -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvjDlMCA4s

 

 

Blacksmith - 

1 - https://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies-blacksmith

2 - https://historyplex.com/colonial-blacksmith  

3 - https://classroom.synonym.com/the-life-of-a-colonial-blacksmith-12078527.html  

4 - https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Blacksmith 

5 - Included in this power point:   Colonial_Jobs_Digital_Learning_Guide.pdf 

6 - Links to PDFs:

• BLACKSMITH - How to Make a sword.pdf
• Blacksmith.pdf

 

 Brickmaker  

1 - https://mrnussbaum.com/brickmaker-trade 

2 - Tools - https://www.ehow.com/list_7207155_tools-colonial-brickmakers.html  

3 - Info - https://brickcollecting.com/history.htm  

4- Info - https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/brickmaking-and-brickmakers/ 

5 - Link to PDF Brickmaking - Tools and process.pdf 

 

Candlemaker 

1 - https://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies-candlemaker 

2 - https://candles.lovetoknow.com/How_Did_Colonial_People_Make_Candles  

3 - http://www.craftedcandles.com/making_candles_in_colonial_times.html  

4 - https://www.tfcg.ca/old-occupation-candlemaker

 

 

Carpenters and Cabinetmakers - 

1 - Tools - https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/tools.cfm 

2 - Info- https://homeguides.sfgate.com/colonial-woodworking-information-99119.html   (also mentions toys)

3 - Cabinetmaker - https://www.hunker.com/13404131/what-did-cabinetmakers-do-in-colonial-times  

4 - Carpenter - https://colonialtrades.weebly.com/carpenter.html  

5 - Included in this power point:   Colonial_Jobs_Digital_Learning_Guide.pdf 

 

 

Cooper

1 - https://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies-cooper 

2 - https://colonialtrades.weebly.com/cooper.html 

3 -  http://www.colonialsense.com/Society-Lifestyle/Signs_of_the_Times/Cooper.php 

4 - https://www.tfcg.ca/old-occupation-cooper

5 - https://www.nh.gov/folklife/learning-center/traditions/cooperage.htm

6 - Tools and Info -https://www.reference.com/history/tools-did-colonial-cooper-use-59b31c3e91fe70b2 

7 - Process 

 http://www.tonnelleriedarnajou.com/en/barrel-making-process.html  

8 - Info https://www.sarawhitford.com/coopers-in-colonial-america-everything-you-wanted-to-know/ 

9 - Link to PDF: Coopers.pdf 

 

Farming 

1 - https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/daily_life_on_the_farm.php  

2 - Tools - WAY more than you need to share!  Pick some of the main ones! 

https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/206-agricultural-tools  

 

  

Founder - Sandcasting Videos 

1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwaXCko_Tkw  

2 - Longer video - skim through all 3 parts 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yghtCo6oKbw&t=3s   

3 - Good Explanation of Sandcasting - http://www.metal-technologies.com/docs/default-source/education/sandcasting.pdf?sfvrsn=fd11cd02_2