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Classroom Worksheet

Frontiersman: Early Years on the Frontier, 1786-1811
People on the American frontier relied on the environment to provide them with such essentials as food, shelter and clothing. Determine what role the environment played in providing Crockett's clothes and the accessories for his flintlock rifle.

Look closely at the painting by John Gadsby Chapman (on the corresponding Students page online). Fill in the chart below identifying each item of clothing and each accessory depicted in the painting. Determine the source of the item and the way the item was acquired.


ITEM SOURCE METHOD OF ACQUIRING
 example: coonskin cap  raccoon skin  hunting or trapping