Students recognize the importance of analyzing historical information and data. In this historical analysis lesson, students collect information for a bar graph, complete a jobs worksheet and define vocabulary.

This site provides the types of trades and merchants found in 18th Century Williamsburg. Such trades include: apothecary, blacksmith, founder, harness maker, milliner, printer and bookbinder, shoemaker, silversmith, and wigmaker.

This site takes a look at some of the occupations and trades that were part of daily life in the colonies during the 18th Century.

A glossoary of colonial occupations (chandler, hooper, bluestocking, etc.) in the 18th century and their modern equivalents.

This is a chart of the many occupations in Jamestown at the beginning of the 17th century. Includes how many people for each occupation and when they arrived in America.