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Discovering Life in Colonial America: Toys, Food, Crafts, Clothing, and Tools

Join Mrs. Read’s second grade class as they explore life in Colonial America! Discover the toys and games children played, such as dollhouses and three-legged races. Learn about traditional foods they cooked, including bread, meat, and desserts like taffy. Uncover the weapons used during that time—muskets and cannons—and the crafts they made, such as barrels and candles. Delve into children’s clothing styles with bonnets and petticoats. Finally, explore the tools they crafted with iron and steel. A fascinating glimpse into a vibrant historical period!

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Discovering Life in Colonial America: Toys, Food, Crafts, Clothing, and Tools

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  1. Life in Colonial America By Mrs. Read’s Second Grade Class

  2. Games and toys of colonial times Rachel Glock and Hamilton Ross

  3. What were toys made of? Cast iron and copper alloy

  4. What toys were made ? wagon wheel and cast iron toy pistols

  5. What did they play with? Doll houses, dolls, tops, hoops, marbles, jacks, toy animals, blocks

  6. What are some games that they played? • Sac race • Steal the Bacon • Ring Toss • Three legged race • Basket bowling

  7. The End

  8. Food and recipes By Leigh Shore

  9. What did they cook? • Bread, Meat, Milk, Eggs, Corn, Fish, soups, Fruits, Berries

  10. What kind of meat did they eat? • Bear, Turkey, Moose, Deer, Elk

  11. How did boys help cook? • They got the wood.

  12. What did they eat for dessert? • Maple syrup • Ice cream • Taffy

  13. How did they make taffy? • They put butter on their hands, and put flavoring and then ate it.

  14. The End

  15. COLONIAL Weapons

  16. What weapons did they use? Muskets Rifles Bayonets Sabers Canons Bow and arrows

  17. What was their weakest weapons? • A bow and arrow.

  18. How did they make their weapons? • A smith carved, shaped and forged the parts of the weapon.

  19. What wild game did they hunt the most? • Mostly deer.

  20. What was the strongest weapon • A canon

  21. By Jake ,Dean, and Chase

  22. Colonial Crafts By: Rena Hooker and Mary Katherine Clemens

  23. What kind of crafts did they make? • They made barrels, tools, shoes, utensils, books, weaving, sewing, candles, soap, and quilting.

  24. How did they make their crafts? • With wool, wood, and colors.

  25. How did they make colors? • They used berries, flowers, wool, bark, and roots.

  26. What did they write with? • They wrote with a goose or wild turkey feather. It was called a quill pen, and maple bark boiled in water made good ink.

  27. Did they have paper and glue back then? • They had paper that they made but they had no glue.

  28. The End

  29. Children’s Clothing By Katherine and Rhead

  30. How did they wear their hair? • They wore wigs and big hairdos

  31. What did they wear in the winter? They wore wool in the winter

  32. Where did they buy their clothing? • They made their clothing

  33. Why did they wear bonnets? • To keep the sun off delicate skin

  34. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OUR SHOW

  35. Children’s Clothing in Colonial Times By Aubrey and Carolyn

  36. What clothes did they wear? They wore bonnets, dresses, petticoats, aprons, and muffs.

  37. Why did they wear aprons? • Because they did not want to get their dresses dirty.

  38. Why did they wear bonnets? • They had bugs in their hair and they did not want it to get in their food.

  39. What did they wear in the winter? • They wore wool in the winter.

  40. What did we learn about clothing on Colonial Day? I learned that they wore a lot of clothing. It was really hard to get all of the clothing on. The clothes itched, and we were hot!

  41. The end

  42. Colonial tools By Andrew Spaugh and Coleman Johnson

  43. What did they make their tools with?

  44. Iron, steel, silver and flint.

  45. How did they make their tools?

  46. They heated the metal and shaped it with a hammer.

  47. What was their most useful tool?

  48. The ball peen hammer.

  49. Where could they buy their tools?

  50. At the general store

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