TOMs 22a-22k (Period 4) by Mr. Tom-Tom https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d Life in the 1780’s and 90’s en-us 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC 2018-01-03 17:19:22 UTC hello@padlet.com What was life like for an 18th Century Western farmer? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318194 • Wealthier farmers owned more acres of land than less wealthy farmers.
• Some westerners thought that the region was an unlimited personal opportunity.
• They fished, crafted, grew plants, practiced medicine, and banked
• Women's options were limited because of social traditions and customs at the time
• Western farmers lived in log cabins that consisted of a fireplace, stools, and a mattress made of corn husks
• In a large family, there could be children, parents, grandparents, in-laws, and cousins
• To clear room for farming, farmers ripped off a strip of bark a few feet up and the tree was left to die
• It was difficult to provide education for the children because there were no established schools, teachers, and children had to work
•Economically successful people had brick and stone houses 
•Houses used to have extended family living there.
•Western agriculture was shaped by climate, soil, technology and market for fertile land.]]> 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318194 What was life like for enslaved people on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318195 • Women cooked, cleaned, gardened, and took care of the kids.
• parents were often separated
• Mens jobs included; hanging tobacco, drying tobacco, and building/repairing on the farm
• In their set ''free time'' they often visited friends and family, made music, and told stories
• There were fewer then five slaves including children on small farms
• Most farmers did not teach the enslaved people to read and write.
• Sometimes enslaved Africans were allowed to sell some of the things they raised like crops or animals for money. ]]> 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318195 What was life like for Children on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318196 • There were different jobs for boys and girls.
• Wealthier families hired tutors 
• They learned simple lessons from a few elementary textbooks, because there weren't many trained teachers.
• Wealthy girls attended female academies where they learned literature, languages, and the arts
-The girls had to cook, clean, do laundry and perform housekeeping duties]]> 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318196 What was life like for a woman on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318197 • The main job of women was to manage the household, and care for the children and elderly. 
• They also helped care for the crop, and managed a garden. 
• To prepare for winter, women dried and pickled foods. 
• Their lives were constrained by laws, customs, and social traditions.
•  Some of their household chores would include laundry 
• Before winter came, the women would harvest crops and use the materials that they get from the things 
• They shared in the dangers of migration and the hard labor, but other options were still limited.

]]> 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318197 What was life like for a Man on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318198 •  Plant Seeds, Transplant Seeds, Worm, Weed and Tend to Crops, Harvest Crops, Pack for Shipping
• Militia units were mostly used to keep the peace; 
• They kept the farm accounts and oversaw the work of slaves 
•  The farmer's main resource was cash crops, typically tobacco.
•  He builds stuff like the barn, and the fence, and the coops, and other various farm structures.
•  They had duties to the state such as voting and filling taxes and being jurors.
•  They also gathered materials such as timber and meat and fur
•   He hunted various animals and fished for fish]]> 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318198 mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318199 2018-01-02 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218318199 stsdemus2 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218563573 2018-01-03 16:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/k1zawza0kv9d/wish/218563573