LESSONS LEARNT FROM ARTICLE SUMMARY

Complete both of these assignments.

1. Read the article on the carpenters’ trade in the Colonial Williamsburg Journal on-line. Write a one page summary in your own words about what you learned.Link: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/carpenters.cfm

1. Read one of the following articles from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal on a Colonial trade. Write a one page summary in your own words about what you learned. Please write down the subject of the article you chose.
   1. Cabinetmaker: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/summer03/cabinet.cfm
   2. Cooper: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn03/cooper.cfm
   3. Gunsmith: http://history.org/foundation/journal/Autumn00/gunsmith.cfm
   4. Harpsichord Maker: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring02/harpsichord.cfm
   5. Miller: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn02/windmill.cfm
   6. Toolmaker: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/Holiday06/tools.cfm
   7. Wheelwright: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter04-05/wheel.cfm
   8. Women in Trades: http://history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring04/women.cfm

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Article 1- Carpenters’ Trade in the Colonial Williamsburg Journal

The article, “Colonial Williamsburg Carpenters Construct Buildings of the Past” illustrates how Colonial Williamsburg carpenters connect the past and the present by using building skills that were used by colonial carpenters (Ed, Spring 03).  The Colonial Williamsburg carpenters educate and allow school groups and guests to participate in their carpentry activities. The experience that the guests get when working together with the carpenters enhances their skills and how to use the authentic tools that were used by the colonial carpenters.

A significant lesson that learned from the article is that the carpentry crew in Colonial Williamsburg carpenters gets their colonial carpentry skills from reading colonial building manuals. Still, these modern Williamsburg carpenters perform their researches through…

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