1. An Overview of Colonial Life
Jennifer MacPhee

2. What is your life like today?
How do you communicate with…
Your friends?
Your family?
Relatives who live far away?

3. What is your life like today?
What are some things you do on a daily basis? Where do you go most days? What chores do you have at home? What do you do in your free time?

4. Other things to consider…
Where do you get your food? Your clothes?
How do you get ready in the morning?

5. Life was VERY different in Colonial Times!
There were NO:
Cell phones, computers, telephones
Lights, indoor plumbing (bathrooms, sinks)
Grocery stores, clothing stores, drugstores
Cars, trains, buses
Many people didn’t have horses (or wagons)

6. The 13 Colonies
New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

7. So, What was Colonial Life like?
Food
Clothing
Jobs
School
Daily Life
Religion
While there were similarities between all the colonies, there were regional differences.

8. Food: Where did it come from?
How did they get their food?

9. Clothing Describe what colonial clothing was like.

10. Jobs What kind of jobs did the colonists have?

11. School What were schools like in colonial times?

12. Daily Life What was daily life like?

13. Religion What was religion like in colonial times?

14. Become an “Expert”
Remember- read carefully, think about what you have read, summarize in your notes.
Be able to explain to your group what you have learned using your website and notes.
When you are finished, think about the following: How were colonial times different from today? Are there any ways they are the same?

15. Report to your Group
Take turns sharing with your group what you have learned.
Your group members will write down what they learn from your explanation.
When you are finished sharing- Find connections between what each of your learned.

16. What have we learned? What was communication like in colonial times?
What did a colonial family do on most days?
Where did food and clothing come from?
Are there any ways colonial times were the same as today?

17. Further your Understanding
How were the climates different in the 13 colonies?
How would this have affected farming and food?
How would this affect what people lived in each region?