The Games in Colonial America The Games in Colonial America by Carson Wong 7A3 ID1 What were the games in Colonial America?

Compare We can watch TV and play video games. We can play sports such as baseball. We have hobbies such as photography. We have hobbies such as photography. But they had all this too,right?

Well, NO

What they had (as games) Well, they had games such as Rolling the Hoop, Nine Pins, and Hopscotch. They also had chores and turned these into games. (These were called chore games.)

Rolling The Hoop Rolling the Hoop One of the popular games during Colonial America, Rolling the Hoop involved children spinning their hoops with a stick and whoever rolled it the farthest /fastest would be the winner.

Nine Pins This game in Colonial America was introduced by the Dutch when they brought it to the Hudson River Valley. Nine Pins was similar to bowling; there were nine pins(hence the name) and the objective was to knock them down with a wooden ball you rolled.

Hopscotch Hopscotch was another game in which players threw a rock and whichever square the rock landed closest to the player would have to jump there. For the player to win they must get to the end and back from the start by throwing the rock. If the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses his balance and falls, his turn ends. If the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses his balance and falls, his turn ends.

Chore Games Like us, colonial children had chores too. So they decided to make the best of it by turning them into games and competitions to make them fun. An example of their chores was that they had to pull out the weeds. So they competed to see who could pull the weeds out the fastest.

Riddles Here are some riddles from Colonial America What has teeth but cannot eat? What has a mouth but cannot talk? What falls down but never gets hurt? Think about the answer before you go to the next slide....

Riddle Answers A comb A river Snow

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Bibliography pt.2 Information Book: Fun and Games in Colonial America (Colonial America) by Mark Thomas

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