Education
Roles and Responsibilities
clothes
100

School was optional for colonial children.

Was school a thing in colonial times?

100

If children went to school, boys got more education than girls.

Who got the most education?

100

This object is used to protect a toddler from getting hurt with a big built-in pillow.

What is a pudding?

200

They did not, only some kids did

Did everybody go to school?

200

As soon as they could, girls helped their mothers and boys helped their fathers with everything they could.

When were children put to work, and what did they do?

200

Girls were supposed to wear colors like yellow, red, purple and  blue clothes boys were expected to wear gray colors like brown & black.

What colors were different genders expected to wear?  

300

It was called Dame School

What were the schools called?

300

 Almost none–they could not vote or hold political power, and were expected to always obey their husbands.

What kind of power did women have in colonial society?

300

This object was seen in colonial times and they are pants.

What are breeches?

400

Boys learned more, they go to a different school after the after there early schooling, girls, don't

Which gender learned more?

400

Men hunted, crafted, and went to work while women stayed home, cooked, cared for the children, and sometimes taught at schools.

What were the main things men and women did?

400

This item is a hood used to protect elaborate hairstyles that you wouldn't want ruined.

What are calash?

500

The New England Primer was used to teach kids to read

What did kids use to learn to read?

500

Grandmothers carded wool, children made dye, women and girls spun wool, girls knitted, and women sewed it all together.

What were everyone's roles in making clothes?

500

This item of clothing was a form of corset worn over the shift but under the gown — not quite a vest.

What is a stays?

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