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Study Guide Colonial Life Social Studies, Grade 4
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COLONIAL
LIFE
People
came
to
this
New
World
for
many
reasons:
religious
freedom,
political
freedom,
adventure,
hope
of
land
and
money.
They
came
to
a
land
that
was
hard
to
live
in.
They
had
to
clear
the
land,
build
houses,
plant
crops,
protect
themselves
from
illness,
make
meals,
fix
things
that
broke,
learn
a
whole
new
way
of
life.
The
map
above
shows
the
13
original
colonies.
Key
Dates:
1607:
Jamestown,
the
first
permanent
settlement
was
built
in
1607.
1620:
Pilgrims
landed
at
Plymouth
A
Colonial
Village:
•
Apothecary:
a
place
to
get
medicine
•
Gristmill:
a
place
to
grind
grain
into
flour
•
Meetinghouse:
a
place
for
meetings
and
church
services.
It
was
usually
at
the
center
of
town.
•
Grammar
School:
if
a
town
had
100
or
more
families,
it
could
have
a
grammar
school.
Children
learned
from
the
Hornbook.
It
was
a
piece
of
paper
put
on
a
thin
piece
of
wood.
•
Blacksmith:
a
person
who
worked
with
iron
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A
Colonial
Family:
•
Women:
Women
often
had
only
one
outfit
for
the
week
and
one
to
wear
on
Sunday.
They
got
together
to
work
on
quilts.
This
was
called
a
quilting
bee.
Women
often
had
many
children.
•
Men:
Men
wore
short
pants
and
shirts
with
very
large
cuffs.
Men
worked
as
farmers,
silversmiths,
blacksmiths,
and
tanners.
Wealthy
businessmen
made
sure
to
have
a
wig
to
wear.
•
Girls:
Girls
were
not
allowed
to
go
to
grammar
school
or
to
college.
They
learned
to
cook,
work
in
the
garden,
and
sew.
•
Boys:
When
a
boy
turned
5
he
began
to
wear
breeches,
pants
that
came
right
below
the
knee.
Boys
learned
things
like
hunting,
fishing,
and
woodworking.
They
also
went
to
school.
Both
boys
and
girls
liked
to
play
games
like
scotch-
hoppers.
Life
in
the
Southern
Colonies:
The
South
had
huge
plantations.
A
plantation
is
a
large
piece
of
land
that
has
buildings
on
it.
The
workers
were
mainly
slaves.
These
slaves
were
brought
over
from
Africa
and
made
to
work
on
the
plantations.
Tobacco
and
cotton
were
the
two
main
crops
in
the
South.
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Try
This!
Draw
lines
to
connect
the
activity
with
either
boy
or
girl.
Some
things
could
go
to
both.
woodworking
hunting
BOYS
sewing
grammar
school
scotch-hopping
cooking
GIRLS
quilting
fishing
Circle
things
found
in
the
South
during
colonial
days.
tobacco
factories
plantations
small
farms
slaves
computers
cotton
race
cars
freezers
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