I arrange individual letter and
punctuation stamps, cover them
with ink, and press paper onto the
ink to create newspapers, books,
and signs. This work is time
consuming. One page of the
newspaper can take 25 hours to set
up!
Printer
Which social role......
mostly lived in the southern colonies
often well-educated
large farms/plantations
relied on indentured servants and enslaved African Americans for labor
Large landowners
Which region did New York belong to?
Middle
Give me an example of a secondary source.
textbook, biography, gossip,
I make shoes! I can create
everything from work boots to
special occasion dress shoes. It
takes 8-10 hours to create a single
pair of shoes. I make both shoes
exactly the same shape, so it doesn’t
matter which shoe you put on which
foot.
cobbler
One who agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for ocean passage to America.
What was an indentured servant?
Who had to carry around their Freedom papers just in case they were stopped and questioned by authorities in the Northern colonies?
Free African Americans
Which region built ships and hunted for whales?
New England
How many oceans are there?
5
Atlantic / Pacific / Indian / Southern / Arctic
I am an expert barrel and bucket
maker. I cut oak wood into the
correct shape and then bind it
together with iron rings. My
containers are used to hold flour,
gunpowder, milk, and more. Many
barrels are also used to ship
tobacco to England.
copper
A person who learned a trade by working for someone in that trade for a period of time.
What is an apprentice?
When did colonial girls' education typically stop?
Middle School
8th grade
Indigo was grown in which colonial region?
southern
In which year did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas?
1492
"1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue."
I make things out of pewter, which
you may also know as silver.
Specifically, I make silverware,
dishes, and cups. I hammer the
silver on an anvil, shape and smooth
it, and finally polish the piece with
pumice (a rough stone).
silversmith
Which social role.....
few privileges - could not own property; or vote; few chances for education
women
Farmers did not own slaves. Who ended up working the fields?
The farmers' children.
Which region did Maryland belong to?
southern
Which European country traded with Africa first?
Portugal
I use fire in my very hot forge to
heat iron until it becomes bendable,
so I can hammer it into things that
everyone in my colonial town needs.
I shape metal into horseshoes, pots,
pans, nails, tools, and farm
equipment.
Blacksmith
Which social role.....
mainly in the north and urban areas
some were former indentured servants or enslaved people set free for various reasons (often still faced persecution)
Free African Americans
Which colony was founded for the purpose of acquiring and using indentured servants from England to work the fields?
Georgia
Iron was collected mostly in this region.
Middle
What was the name of the Indigenous tribe that lived in the Northwest of the US?
Kwakiutl.