Colonial America A Write On Activity

Curriculum Standards Grade 3 The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) understand the daily life of early colonial settlements. Grade 5 The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) understand the daily life of early Colonial communities.

Colonial Life: Trades Apothecary In colonial times, the apothecary was more than simply a druggist. Provided medical treatment Prescribed medicine Trained apprentices Performed surgery Served as man-midwives

Colonial Trades: Basketmaker Baskets necessary for rural family life Families made rather than purchased baskets White oak preferred material Entire family learned the trade Families made their own baskets American white oak was preferred construction material Weaving and plaiting required nimble fingers

Colonial Trades: Gunsmith Skills needed to build a gun: blacksmith, whitesmith, founder, and woodworker. These skills were learned in an apprenticeship lasting five to seven years. A male’s apprenticeship was from began at age 12 and was completed by the time he was 21. Most guns were brought into the country because they were cheaper, so the gunsmith mainly repaired arms and other objects. Gunsmiths also repaired axes, cast shoe buckles, bells, and sometimes silver objects.

Colonial Trades: Miller A colonial windmill was built for the simple purpose of grinding small grains. Wheat and corn fed through a hopper between the stones of the windmill emerged as flour and meal. The miller kept everything running smoothly and received one sixth of the grain he ground for his trouble.

Colonial Trades: Blacksmith Blacksmiths made for homes and other tradesmen They also repaired many iron objects for the miller, saddler, coachmaker, and planter. For the householder, blacksmiths made fireplace racks, andirons, pothooks, locks, utensils, and decorative wrought iron.

Colonial Trades: Carpenter Most colonial structures were built from wood. The main business of the colonial carpenter was to cut and join timber and board into sturdy wooden homes and shops. Colonial carpentry survives in the original 18th-century buildings.

Colonial Trades: Wheelwright Made of wood and bound with iron, the wheels of the carriages and wagons had to be strong and tight. Most of all, the wheels had to be round. Colonial tires made of iron. The wheelwright had to have strength, ingenuity, and the talents of both a carpenter and a blacksmith.

Colonial American Lesson Plans Choosing Revolution Colonial Reaction to the Stamp Act Eighteenth-Century and Twentieth-Century Forms of Resistance Eighteenth-Century and Twentieth-Century Forms of Resistance A Family disrupted--the Randolph Family and the Coming American Revolution A Family disrupted--the Randolph Family and the Coming American Revolution Website Resource: Daily Life of 13 ColoniesDaily Life of 13 Colonies Agriculture and Education in Colonial America (slide show) Agriculture and Education in Colonial America

Colonial America Lesson Plans Acrimony in Bruton Parish Church Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Slavery in the Colonial Period A Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg Colonial Home Remedies Don't Fence Me In Eighteenth-Century Music and Dance Gardening in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Getting Into History: Visiting Museums - a Shared Experience History Comes Alive in the Graveyard Mathematics with a Mob Cap Predicting Weather in the Eighteenth Century Signs of the Times Travel in the 18th Century The Trial of Abigail Briggs The Two Williamsburgs

If I could choose a trade in Colonial times I would be _______.