Immersing Ourselves in Colonial Life

We have been learning about how the British colonies in America went from being tiny settlements to bustling cities and large Southern plantations. The children have been learning about the different jobs, fashions, foods, and education, and games of the time.

Fashion:









How colonial life compares to our lives:

DVD


Education:



The growth of villages:







Colonial American vocabulary:



The games children played:

Checkers




Hopscotch (drawn with a piece of charcoal from the fire-pit






Making piles of leaves to play in