Exploring Colonial America by Ms' Murphys Class

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Exploring Colonial America by Ms. Murphys Class
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School

• School in Colonial America had only one room.

Laurence
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School

• More boys went to school than girls.

Ella
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School
Students learned how to read and write in one
room at a school.
Christina
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Jobs

• People in Colonial America worked very hard.
  Carpenters built houses and shops.

Ellie
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Jobs

• Coopers made barrels from wood in colonial days.

Jimmy
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Jobs

• Many men in Colonial America were farmers. They
  grew food.

Jessica
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Food

• Most people in Colonial days grew vegetables to
  eat.
• Boys hunted for meat to eat.

Gillian
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Food

• In colonial days, they ate fish from the river.

Helena
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Food
In colonial days they used milk to make butter.
Liza
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Food
In colonial days, they ate cornbread.
Jack
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Chores

• They made soap. Some girls had to help their
  Mother to make soap.

Graham
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Chores
In colonial times they keep the fire going all
day.
Colin
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Chores
In Colonial Times, they cooked and hunted.
Marcel
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Clothes

• Men wore pants called breeches that only went
  down to their knees.

Mary
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Clothes
Many shoes had buckles.
Damia
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Transportation

• The way they got to their neighbors house is they
  would walk.

Robert
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Transportation
They need to go in a wagon pulled by a horse.
Alejandro
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Transportation

• If the colonial people wanted to get somewhere
  they had to walk or take a boat.

Christian
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Games

• Children in colonial days played rolling the hoop.

Waqas
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Games

• Colonial children played nine pins. This became
  bowling.

Carolynn
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Games

• Children also played board games. One board game
  was called Morris.

Sarah
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