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Education in the Colonies and Today:
http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-boysgirls.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/EducationInTheColonies.shtml

Use the links above to complete the table:

 
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Today

B

O

Y

S

G

I

R

L

S

 

Clothing in the Colonies:  Explore the links for "women's, men's, and children's clothing" along the left hand side of the screen.     http://www.history.org/history/clothing/index.cfm

How would your clothes be different if you lived in Colonial Times?
 

 How would they be the same?
 

Christmas in the Colonies:  http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/xmas/customs.cfm
Read about Christmas customs in Colonial Times.  How would Christmas at your house be different if you lived in Colonial Times?

 

Manners in Colonial Times:  http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/manners/rules2.cfm
Read this article of proper rules of etiquette in Colonial Times.  Can you determine what they mean?  Fill in the table below comparing rules then and now.
Then Both Now

The Life of a Pilgrim Child:  http://www.plimoth.org/Education/funfacts.htm
Read these fun facts about the lives of Pilgrim children.  Which fact is the most interesting to you?