Cathryn Close and 25 fifth grade students collaborate in room 308 of the Marguerite E. Small Elementary School in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Currently they are steeped in Colonial America, researching the trades of colonists, studying famous Patriots, and learning the events leading to Revolution. Student have colonial names, families and trades. Their colonial clothespin dolls live with a family in a colonial (cardboard) home/business on a Boston wharf.