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5.H.1.2

Summarize the political, economic and social aspects of  colonial life in the thirteen colonies.

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if you were a kid in the thirteen colonies

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historical - united states - colonial & revolutionary periods

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children - united states - history - 17th century

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children - united states - history - 18th century

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united states - history - colonial period

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united states - social life and customs - to 1775

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united states;social life and customs;to 1775;juvenile literature.

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historical - united states - colonial & revolutionary period

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juvenile fiction / historical / united states / colonial & revolutionary periods

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If You Were a Kid in the Thirteen Colonies

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It is winter of 1724 in the North American colonies. With her mother sick in bed and her father away on business, Charlotte Sheppard is left to watch over her younger siblings and the family farm as a dangerous storm blows in overnight. Meanwhile, Charlotte's friend Elijah Coth is concerned that ...

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Liberty Kids, Episode 1. This video gives some insight as to the social anxiety caused by the intolerable taxation from England to the colonists of the New World.

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Liberty's Kids 101 - The Boston Tea Party (Pilot, Part I)

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A fun Flocabulary video describing the reasons each group of colonies were settled.

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Colonial America - 13 Colonies - Colonial Life - Flocabulary

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Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies with Flocabulary's educational hip-hop song and activities.

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I think that this will serve to be a wonderful resource. It offers a unique comparison to life in colonial times to that of present day. This would serve as my second read aloud, before our activity.

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90.05.04: American Life: A Comparison of Colonial Life to Todays Life

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If children did not go to school, how did they spend their days? What did colonial children do during the day and what did they play with if not TV, VCRs, Nintendo, bikes and computers? Could our first graders of today do without their sophisticated games and toys?

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I was hard pressed to find an activity that deal with the social norms of the time in the 13 colonies. Most of the activities I discovered centered around memorization games of the names of the colonies, matching of professions to their proper names, or scavenger hunts to match particular facts about each colony. However, I believe that my activity will be centered around my students writing a story that puts themselves in the shoes of a colonist in one of the colonies. Their goal will be to describe how their day goes from sun-up to sun-down. This way, I will have evidence of their learning about the social norms of the times.