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Vocabulary
The Beginning
Tools
Girls Life
Boys Life
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To Move or Stir Rapidly?
Churn
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When was Colonial Times?
300 Years Ago
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What did people use to make butter?
A Churn
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Did girls go to school?
Rarely. Mainly the boys went to school.
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Where did boys sometimes work?
In the Mill.
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A Machine used to grind things?
Mill
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What was a child's first chore of the day?
Gathering Wood for a fire.
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Why did butter not last long?
There was no refrigerators or electricity to help keep it cool.
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When did girls get to play and have fun?
After Church with other families.
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What was school like for boys?
It was a 1-room school house and they learned math, reading and writing. There was one teacher.
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A person who lives near another person
Neighbor
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Why did children need a big breakfast?
They had a lot of hard work to do.
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How did families keep food cold?
They put it in a nearby stream.
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Name a task girls would not do?
Chop wood, build barns, go to school.
300
What is one thing that was good in colonial life?
There was clean air and big families.
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A span of time for an event like the Jurassic ____ of Dinosaurs or the _____ of Colonial Life
Period
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What do lucky children get to do in Colonial Times?
Go to school
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Where did you grind flour and other grains at? Sometimes boys would work there too.
A Mill
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How would you visit a friend in colonial times?
Ride a horse or walk to a neighbors house.
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What is different about colonial life and now?
There is traffic, pollution and electricity now.
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The time when people lived in Colonies.
Colonial Life
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Why did many children not go to school?
There was too much work to do. School was expensive.
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What was used to dig up the dirt in the soil for farming?
A plow.
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Name 3 things a girl would do?
Gather eggs, churn butter, cook, wash laundry
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Name 3 chores boys had to do?
Chop wood, fix barns and houses, plow the fields, work in the mill and go to school.