Carpenters’ Hall Classroom
The material on this website comprise an online education resource with lesson plans, activities, articles written for children, reference guides and games. All of our resources are written by professional educators and are verified by Carpenters' Hall historians. Our focus is on United States Colonial history, the trade of Master Builders, and The Carpenters' Company's contribution to the legacy of American independence.
Visiting Carpenters' Hall
- What to Know Before Your Visit (all ages)
- During Your Visit (all ages)
- And After Your Visit (all ages)
- Introduction to the Revolutionary War Activity
Teacher Resources
- Getting Started a grade-by-grade guide to teaching Colonial history
- Reading List (Grades 1-4)
- Songs of the Revolution Lesson plans and activities, with sheet music, lyrics and interpretation (Grades 6-12)
- Historic Newspapers Lesson plans and activities based around Colonial newspapers and the Pennsylvania Gazette (Grades 5-10)
Preschool/Kindergarten
- Songs for Colonial Children
- Clothing Then and Now
- Colonial Toy Time
- Let's Make a Necklace
- Sorting the Carpenter's Nails
- Measuring Carpenters' Nails
- Weaving a Placemat
- Reconstruction of Carpenters' Hall
- Colonial Hornbook Lesson
Written for Students to Read
- The Story of Carpenters' Hall (young)
- Blueprint for a Revolution: The Spies at Carpenters' Hall (older)
Games and Activities
- Main Fun and Games Page
- Be a Carpenter: Matching exercise on terms and parts of a building.
- Wordfind: Carpenters' Hall Terms and Members
- Wordfind: Carpenter's Tools
- Washington Coloring Book
- Building Is Fun Coloring Book
- Sliding Puzzle
