Sophia B.

Colonial Life

                                      

Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………...pg. 1

Chapter 1…………………………………………………… pg. 1+2

Chapter 2……………………………………………………pg. 2+3

Chapter 3…….……………………………………………..pg. 3

Conclusion…………..……………………………………..pg. 3+4

Introduction:

  Did you know some boys had to wear dresses? In the summer, for special occasions, some boys had to wear dresses. Some families did not have enough money to buy shoes so some children went barefoot. People worked very very hard there were no days off, and the farmer always had to work. The farmers worked the hardest. Corn was very popular to eat some families ate corn everyday of the week for two weeks.

Chapter 1:

The way they looked and dressed

Almost all people wore wigs if you didn’t wear a wig, then you would have a hard job.  A job that would probably make you sweat. In the summer girls and women would wear dresses but boys would wear breeches and t-shirts. In colonial times, some people did not have enough money to buy shoes, so they went barefoot. In winter, even though it was cold girls and women still wore dresses and bonnets. Boys and men wore breeches, a shirt, a vest, and a knit cap. Underwear, as we know had not been invented yet. I think that would have been very uncomfortable. Children probably looked like a mini version of their parents. Trousers and skirts were made at home, and if you didn’t like it you would still have to wear it, you were forced to. In my opinion, if I had to wear something I didn’t like then I would try to cover it up with anything I had, anything. What would you do? 

Chapter 2:

Colonial Schools

All the kids in the same village would go to the same village.  Even if you were in a different grade. All of elementary school grades went together. And some girls when they were in middle school they would have to stop going to school and help at home. Boys, on the other hand, would keep going to school until they got a job. Everyday you had  to bring wood to put in the fireplace. If you didn’t you would have to sit the farthest from the fire. If I forgot to bring wood I would probably fake being sick so I could go home. The family of the people had to pay the schoolmaster in corn or other food. There was no pencils no whiteboard or chalkboard, they wrote with a lump of lead. Or they could write with a quill and homemade ink. People spelled words in different some school master would spell writing like “writing”. I wonder what would happen if you got a letter and the words were spelled different.

Chapter 3:

What They Ate

They mostly ate corn, corn was very popular. Some farmers only sold corn, they would have fields of it.  Colonists would take a chance at eating poisonous fruit. Pumpkins, squash and corn would be a thanksgiving for them, lots of food. Also lots of vegetables, and of course the traditional turkey. Most households stocked up food and then they would eat that day after day until supplies ran out. Corn was a every meal meal, you would need corn to make hoecakes. For drinks everybody,even kids, drank alcohol beer, rum,wine, cider and water.  If you were invited anybody's for dinner, the was the polite thing to do was bring your own salt. Imagine going to someone's house and the only thing you would bring was your salt. Most families would hunt if people had no job they would hunt and sell meat.

Conclusion

I think if I was in colonial times I don't know if I would survive. My head would get so itchy from the wigs. If I ate the same foods every day until we got new food I would probably get sick. I would not know a lot of the stuff I do today if I stopped going to school. I don't think I could survive colonial times could you?