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Explains why people became settlers, looks at the work done at the village gristmill, sawmill, general store, and settler home, and describes the jobs of carpenters, coopers, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, and teachers
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Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the settlers worked together with a spirit of cooperation by trading their goods and services with each other. Knowing about what they might see on their first visit to an historic site will help spark a child’s curiosity.In this book, they will meet such individuals as:• the miller• the sawyer• the storekeeper• the metal and woodworkers
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