How old were girls when they could knit stockings and caps?
What is four
100
What did the colonists make with corn?
What is cornmeal, corn cake and corn pudding
100
How did the colonists prepare their food for the winter?
What is smoking, salting and pickling the meat. Peeling, slicing and hanging apples and pumpkins to dry.
100
What is the name of the first school that girls and boys went to?
What is Dame School
200
What color dye was made from goldenrod & birchbark?
What is yellow
200
How old were girls when they learned how to spin?
What is 6
200
What did the colonists plant?
What is pumpkin, squash, corn and beans
200
What did the colonists drink?
What is cider made from apples, pears and peaches. They also drank beer.
200
Where did children go to Dame School?
What is at their teacher's house
300
What color dye was made from pokeberry?
What is red
300
What did boys and men do in the clothes making process?
What is weaved on a loom
300
What did the colonists make from maple sap?
What is maple syrup
300
What did the colonists eat off of?
What is a trencher
300
Who leaned more boys or girls
What is boys
400
What color dye was made from iris?
What is purple
400
What was a pudding?
What is a soft pillow worn around a baby's middle to keep him from getting hurt
400
What did the men and boys catch when they fished?
What is lobster, clams and many other kinds of fish.
400
What utensils did the colonists use?
What is spoons and knives.
400
What did boys have to bring with them to school?
What is firewood?
500
What color dye was made from logwood?
What is blue
500
What were wigs made of?
What is real hair, cow tails or wire
500
What did men and boys bring home after they went hunting?
What is rabbits, squirrel, bear and deer.
500
Name some rules you had to follow at the dinner table
What is no talking, you must stand, you could not say if the food was good or bad, you may not sing, you may not hum, you may not wriggle, don't stuff your mouth, eat with your fingers.....
500
What happened if you didn't behave in school?
What is wear a dunce cap, wear a sign that said idle boy, a sign that said bitefinger baby, you may get whipped with a birchbranch, you may have to put whispering sticks in your mouth.