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Colonial Life Exploration: Social Groups Experience & Hypotheses

Explore the daily life of various social groups in the American colonies through research and reflections. Create hypotheses on differences among the Gentry, Middle Class, Women, Young People, Indentured Servants, and Free African Americans. Develop a letter from your group's perspective detailing daily life experiences and goals. Progress chart for goals G and H to track learning.

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Colonial Life Exploration: Social Groups Experience & Hypotheses

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  1. Bellwork 9/16/13 Update Notebooks EQ: What was like life for different groups of people in the colonies?

  2. Use the pictures to hypothesize (create a hypothesis): Would life be different in the American colonies for different social groups or classes? Update TOC to include page 19: Colonial Life Cornell

  3. Today’s Objective: • The student will be able to evaluate colonial life in respect to community and daily life as well as contributions of minorities to colonial life including NA, AA, women/children with 80% accuracy. • Where does this fit into the unit LGS? What goal are we concentrating on today? • Yes, G AND H • How do you reach mastery of these goals?

  4. 1. New Vocabulary • Extended Family-a family that included, in addition to the parents and their children other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins • Apprentice-someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time • Gentry-were the upper class of colonial society, they lived a more comfortable life with servants attending to their needs • Middle Class-made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans.

  5. 2. Introduction & Background Information • The family played an important role in colonial America. • Most colonists lived on farms, where having a big family was an advantage (why?) • Each family member had responsibilities on the farm, even little ones (starting around age 7) • Farmhouses were not very comfortable, most were small and they were crudely made. In the New England colonies, winters were very cold and a family might have to huddle around the fireplace for warmth

  6. Life for men and women were vastly different • A husband and father controlled a family’s income and property • Family members had to accept the man’s power and authority

  7. 3. Today you will become one of six colonial social groups. • Women (pg. 108 and graphic on page 109) • Young People (pg. 110) • The Gentry (pg. 110-111) • Middle Class (pg. 111) • Indentured Servants (pg. 111-112) • Free African Americans (pg. 112) In your groups research your social group. Discover what life was life for your group and create a short bulleted list for the class. You should collect notes in bullet format in your NB.

  8. REFLECTION-Letter home Write a letter home to England from the position of your social group Describe: • What daily life is like • What you like about your new life • What you dislike about your new life • If you plan to stay in the colony and what are your goals in your colony

  9. Progress Chart • Complete progress chart for goal G and H

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