Let’s Discover Colonial Life:

Standards SS4H3: The student will explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America b. Describe colonial life in America as experienced by various people, including large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans. Table of Contents

Just Imagine… Imagine you were taken back in time. No more cars, no more computers, TVs, radio, or even an iPod! All you have is the wide open land! What are you going to do? How are you going to survive? How or what are you going to eat? Come along and join me on this travel back in time to see how the different economic groups made it during the early days of America! Table of Contents

READING NBI Go to colonies assignment in MYON and read the book: What if You Lived in Colonial America?

What was Colonial life like? What did the colonists bring with them? Click here to find out http://13colonies.mrdonn.org/what-did-the-colonists-bring-with-them.html What was the difference between the Puritans, Pilgrims, and Quakers? http://13colonies.mrdonn.org/pilgrims-puritans-quakers.html What did the colonists eat? http://www.landofthebrave.info/colonial-food.htm

What was Colonial life like? What did they wear? Play the “Dress the colonists game” at http://www.history.org/History/teaching/dayInTheLife/webactivities/dress/dress.cfm

Who Was Here? Farmers Artisans Women Slaves Indentured Servants Large Landowners Farmers Artisans Women Slaves Indentured Servants Native Americans Table of Contents

Large Landowners Large Land Owners: pgs.212-213 SS Book Owned HUGE plantations. Owners of the plantation lived in the Planters house. Their children had private teachers, and they learned to read, write, and dance. Boys were also taught classical languages, science, geography, history, and etiquette. In later years, the boys were taught how to manage the large plantation because it was handed down to them.

Girls were usually taught by a governess Girls were usually taught by a governess. They were taught enough reading, writing, and math to run a household. Girls were also taught social skills in order to attract a husband. They grew tobacco, indigo, cotton, and rice. They had many buildings and workers (slaves).

Differences In Education Boys Girls Had private teacher Had Governess Science Reading Geography Writing History Math How to run plantation Skills to find husband

Farmers Click on the links to learn more: Most colonists lived on small farms in the backcountry. Farmers grew much of the same things as did Landowners: whe Oat, barley, corn, tobacco, rice, and indigo. Did not live near schools or towns.. Farmers’ children learned to read and write ONLY if their parents were able to teach them. Click on the links to learn more: http://www.history.org/kids/visitUs/colonialPeople/farmer.cfm http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/daily_life_on_the_farm.php Farmers: pgs 161-162 in SS book Table of Contents

Literacy in the Southern Colonies

Artisans Carpenters, Wheelwrights, Blacksmiths Shoemakers, Tailors http://mrnussbaum.com/13trades/ http://13colonies.mrdonn.org/occupations.html http://www.history.org/kids/visitUs/colonialPeople/apprentice.cfm pgs 186, 198 SS book Table of Contents

Women Women’s full time job was homemaking. cook meals make clothing doctor their family cleaning making household goods to use and sell taking care of their animals maintaining a fire http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/womens_roles.php Women: pgs 167, 177, 197, 213 in SS Book Table of Contents

Indentured Servants This is a person who would sign a contract with a wealthy landowner. They would agree to work for this person typically 3 – 7 years in exchange for their transportation to the colonies, food, clothing, and a place to live. Once their contract was up, they were free to leave the plantation, but often times they would stay, and continue to work for the Planter. http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/slavery.php Indentured Servant: pgs. 132, 212 in SS Book Table of Contents

Slaves Most lived in Southern Colonies. Were treated as property, not people. Worked on Plantations. They formed close communities among themselves. http://www.history.org/kids/visitUs/colonialPeople/slave.cfm http://www.history.org/kids/visitUs/colonialPeople/slave2.cfm http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/slavery.php Slaves: (New England: p. 176) South- pgs. 214-217 in SS book Table of Contents

NATIVE AMERICANS In this area there were the Creek and Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee called Georgia "the Enchanted Land." Indians taught colonist how to grow crops on the land. Taught how to survive. Conflicts pgs. 167, 169, 190, 202, 204 In SS book Table of Contents

Activity You will be given a piece of a quilt. On one side of the quilt, design how the quilt should look as a representation of your life if you were from one of the following groups: a farmer, large landowner, artisans, indentured servant, slave, Native American, or a woman living during the colonial times. You will write in narrative form about a person from the group you made your quilt on. You will write “a day in the life of” narrative story from the point of view of the colonist. Table of Contents

EXTENSIONS Compare and contrast your group with another group. Create a Venn diagram for the two groups using evidence from your research. Analyze: Which colonial group of people had the most difficult life? Which had the easiest? Which group would you have wanted to be in? Explain your answers with supporting details and evidence from your research.