Life in Colonial AmericaBy Mrs. Read’s Second Grade Class

What are some games that they played?

• Sac race• Steal the Bacon• Ring Toss• Three legged race• Basket bowling

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Food and recipes

By Leigh Shore

What did they cook?

• Bread, Meat, Milk, Eggs, Corn, Fish, soups, Fruits, Berries

What kind of meat did they eat?

• Bear, Turkey, Moose, Deer, Elk

How did boys help cook?

• They got the wood.

What did they eat for dessert?

• Maple syrup• Ice cream• Taffy

How did they make taffy?

• They put butter on their hands, and put flavoring and then ate it.

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COLONIAL

Weapons

What weapons did they use?

Muskets

Rifles

Bayonets

Sabers

Canons

Bow and arrows

What was their weakest weapons?

• A bow and arrow.

How did they make their weapons?

• A smith carved, shaped and forged the parts of the weapon.

What wild game did they hunt the most?

• Mostly deer.

What was the strongest weapon

• A canon

By Jake ,Dean, and Chase

Colonial CraftsBy: Rena Hooker

and Mary Katherine Clemens

What kind of crafts did they make?

• They made barrels, tools, shoes, utensils, books, weaving, sewing, candles, soap, and quilting.

How did they make their crafts?

• With wool, wood, and colors.

How did they make colors?

• They used berries, flowers, wool, bark, and roots.

What did they write with?

• They wrote with a goose or wild turkey feather. It was called a quill pen, and maple bark boiled in water made good ink.

Did they have paper and glue back then?

• They had paper that they made but they had no glue.

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Children’s Clothing

By Katherine and Rhead

How did they wear their hair?

• They wore wigs and big hairdos

What did they wear in the winter?

They wore wool in the winter

Where did they buy their clothing?

• They made their clothing

Why did they wear bonnets?

• To keep the sun off delicate skin

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Children’s Clothing in Colonial Times

By Aubrey and Carolyn

What clothes did they wear?

They wore bonnets, dresses, petticoats, aprons, and muffs.

Why did they wear aprons?

• Because they did not want to get their dresses dirty.

Why did they wear bonnets?

• They had bugs in their hair and they did not want it to get in their food.

What did they wear in the winter?

• They wore wool in the winter.

What did we learn about clothing on Colonial Day?

I learned that they wore a lot of clothing.

It was really hard to get all of the clothing on.

The clothes itched, and we were hot!

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Colonial tools

By Andrew Spaugh

andColeman Johnson

What did they make their tools with?

Iron, steel, silver and flint.

How did they make their tools?

They heated the metal and shaped it with a hammer.

What was their most useful tool?

The ball peen hammer.

Where could they buy their tools?

At the general store

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