What Was It Like In

Colonial America ?

Miss Ludwig

On this Scavenger hunt you will be going website to website to see how life is different in 2014 from colonial

America in the 1700’s. You have been given an answer sheet to record your

answers. The final question to remember is

How is colonial life different from your life now?

Grade: Second GradeDomain: Social Studies Theme: People Working TogetherStrand: HistoryTopic: Historical Thinking and SkillsContent Statement: Change over time can be shown with artifacts, maps and photographs.

In the 1700’s, there weren’t 50 states like America has today. We had what were called

Colonies.

Can you identify how many colonies were there in 1700’s

on the map.

http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-colonies/

In colonial times, America was going to war against England. America wanted to be it’s own country. Many men had a meeting to write a document called

The Declaration of Independence which told England that America

wanted to be freed.Try to analyze the Declaration of

Independence and write down the date and the first sentence.

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/

image.htm

The Declaration of Independence was written all in cursive by hand. A man named

John Hancock wrote it while people were helping him with

what to put on the Declaration. Click to see what the

Declaration said!http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/

declaration_transcript.html

This is called a Screw Auger. It was a tool that

was used by colonial men to build. Watch the video

and explain what the Screw Auger was used for.

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/media.jsp?itemid=11222&img=0

There was no electricity in colonial times. This meant that there were no power tools. Everything that you needed had to be made by

hand!

Not only have our tools changed, but so have our clothes! Put your mouse over the colonial

clothes and list what the names of the clothes were called. Are they the same clothes we wear

today?

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/1770_man.html

This was a book used by school children. State what lesson this book taught the students.

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=

5862

In colonial America, only boys were allowed to go to school. Even though many girls could read, there were not allowed to go to school at all. Some

places in the colonies didn’t even have schools. This meant that parents would

teach their children how to read and write.

Now that you have learned all about

Colonial America, can you compare and

contrast how your life now is different from

colonial life?