Fort Life

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Coveted for their strategic military locations, forts often changed hands many times. Forts played a vital role in the settlement of the New World and were a means of refuge for soldiers and settlers. The difficult life of the soldier is detailed from the harsh living conditions to the primitive medical care they received. Children will enjoy reading about:
• the different types of fort, including the fur fort and the military fort
• the day-to-day lives of the community of men, women, and children who lived there
• the businesses that sprang up in a fort
• the "war of the forts" between Fort Niagara and Fort George

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978-0-86505-496-7
$1.50
Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 3
Age Range 8 - 11
Dewey 978.02
Lexile
ATOS Reading Level 6.2
Guided Reading Level P
Subjects History, Social Studies
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 1994
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 8.5 x 10.75
Graphics
BISACS JNF025190, JNF024000, JNF031000
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Author: Bobbie Kalman

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