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 = Colonial Day       = =Crazy About Colonial Times= An I  nterne   t Web   Q   uest on Colonial Times created by Suzanne Trottier and adapted for Middle School students at the Academy of Notre Dame for Colonial Day

Picture this... You are melting sterling in a graphite and clay crucible to about 2,000° and pouring it into a tallow-greased, sooted cast-iron mold to produce an ingot. With large hammers, you would hot-forge the ingot into a billet, a thick sheet that you would then cut into a circle. // I know what you're thinking... // 'What?!' If you lived back in colonial times, though, you may have told me that you were just a silversmith making a coffeepot! **Picture this...** You are in your one room school house reading your Hornbook. The hornbook usually had the alphabet, some pairs of letters, and a religious verse on it, often the Lord's Prayer. On a special day, your teacher gave you a different kind of hornbook made out of gingerbread! As you learned each letter of the alphabet, you were rewarded and allowed to eat a letter! // I know what you're thinking… // 'Why doesn't my teacher let us do that?!' In colonial times, it happened quite often! This WebQuest is a challenge for several reasons. First, you will learn how to navigate a WebQuest, second, you will research lots of information about colonial times, and third, you will become a reporter for our colonial newspaper 'The Colonial Times!' It's quite a challenge, but I know you can do it! Have fun, and good luck!

 //The Task//
As an expert about colonial trades, schooling, everyday life or clothing, you will be developing a column in the 'Colonial Times' newspaper to inform readers about your topic. Your task is to write a feature article on the lives of the colonists. Using information you find in this WebQuest and from other sources, you will write about a colonial tradesperson, teacher, student, mother, father or child. In addition to a news article, you will be designing either a business card, an illustration or an advertisement to go along with your write-up. The 'Colonial Times' newspaper will be distributed at the end of Colonial Day to all classrooms, so make sure this is the best work you can possibly do!  **The Process and Resources** In this WebQuest you will be working in groups of four. Your group will be assigned a specific topic about colonial times, either colonial trades, colonial schooling, everyday life or clothing. Each member of your group will be assigned a question about his/her topic. Your group will look at Webpages from all over the world made by people who care about Colonial Times. Because these are real Webpages we're looking at, not things made just for schools, the reading level might challenge you. You'll begin with everyone in your group getting some background information (see Part 1 below) before splitting up into roles where people on your team become experts on one part of the topic.

= = ==  //Part 1 - Background: Something for Everyone// == Use the Internet information linked in your group's section to answer the basic questions needed in a newspaper article : who? what? where? when? why? and how? Remember: you will be writing as if you were a reporter in colonial times. Your article will inform readers about what is going on with either colonial trades, schooling, everyday life or clothing. Be creative in exploring the information so that you answer these questions as fully and insightfully as you can. == //Part 2 - Looking Deeper from Different Perspectives//== Now, click on your group to begin your journey! Group 1, 5, 6: Colonial Trades Group 2: Colonial Schooling Group 3: Everyday Life in Colonial Times Group 4 : Colonial Clothing =  Group 1 - Colonial Trades  = Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to Colonial Trades. Please choose 2 colonial trades and answer the questions below. You will be informing the readers about what you learned in the form of a newspaper article. After your group finishes these questions: Each group member will come back to the team as an expert in his/her topic area. Each one of your group members will discuss your topic from colonial times and report the information you learned and the answer to your question. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the Webpages you explored to teach your teammates about your topic. Talk about each question as a group with the 'expert' taking the role of the group leader for his/her topic. Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you might agree and others might disagree. After your group discussion, begin your newspaper article (making sure you are answering the question you chose). Use the [|graphic organizer] to help you.
 * 1) The teacher will assign each group member a specific question to explore about your colonial topic. (Either question 1, 2, 3 or 4).
 * 2) Read through the internet files linked to your group to find information that will help you answer your questions.
 * 3) Write a one page newspaper article (using a [|graphic organizer] to help you) that informs the reader about the information you found throughout your research. Don't forget to use lots of details and write down your information as if you were actually a person living in colonial times!
 * 4) Work on the [|business card], [|illustration] or [|advertisement] that goes along with your article. // You will find more detailed directions about these three choices by clicking on each one! //
 * 1)  Describe this craft. What did this person do? How did they make something? (List the steps to make something.)
 * 2) What tools did this person use? Describe their purposes.
 * 3) What training or education did the person need to get the skills? What were the skills that an apprentice (student) needed to learn this trade?
 * 4) Why was this job needed? What benefits to the community did it have? Why would someone want to do this job?  In your opinion, what would be satisfying about the work?

=    Group 2 - Colonial Schooling= Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to Colonial Schooling. Each group member will choose one question to concentrate on and write his/her newspaper article about.
 * [|Colonial Trades from Williamsburg] - Click on any of the colonial trades to see a great description of what people living in colonial times did for work! Don't forget to look at the pictures (included in each page) to see what people looked like doing their job!
 * [|Colonial Tools] - Click on any of the colonial tools to see pictures and descriptions of what tools back in colonial days looked like and were used for!
 * 1) What was a typical day like for a child going to school? Describe the day. What would the best part of the day be for you in your opinion?
 * 2) How was going to school in colonial times different from today? Compare and contrast.
 * 3) Describe the Hornbook, Dame School and New England Primer. Can you compare them to anything we have in our schools today?
 * 4) Looking at all the information about colonial schooling, would you rather attend school in colonial times or in the present day? Why? Use lots of details to back up your answer.

After your group finishes these questions: Each group member will come back to the team as an expert in his/her topic area. Each one of your group members will discuss your topic from colonial times and report the information you learned and the answer to your question. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the Webpages you explored to teach your teammates about your topic. Talk about each question as a group with the 'expert' taking the role of the group leader for his/her topic. Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you might agree and others might disagree. After your group discussion, begin your newspaper article (making sure you are answering the question you chose). Use the [|graphic organizer] to help you. = = = <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">   Group 3 - Everyday Life in ColonialTimes= Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to Everyday Life. Each group member will choose one question to concentrate on and write his/her newspaper article about. After your group finishes these questions: Each group member will come back to the team as an expert in his/her topic area. Each one of your group members will discuss your topic from colonial times and report the information you learned and the answer to your question. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the Webpages you explored to teach your teammates about your topic. Talk about each question as a group with the 'expert' taking the role of the group leader for his/her topic. Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you might agree and others might disagree. After your group discussion, begin your newspaper article (making sure you are answering the question you chose). Use the [|graphic organizer] to help you. = <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">   Group 4 : Colonial Clothing= Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to colonial clothing. Each group member will choose one question to concentrate on and write his/her newspaper article about. After your group finishes these questions: Each group member will come back to the team as an expert in his/her topic area. Each one of your group members will discuss your topic from colonial times and report the information you learned and the answer to your question. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the Webpages you explored to teach your teammates about your topic. Talk about each question as a group with the 'expert' taking the role of the group leader for his/her topic. Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you might agree and others might disagree. After your group discussion, begin your newspaper article (making sure you are answering the question you chose). Use the [|graphic organizer] to help you.
 * [|Old Sturbridge Village : District School] - This site informs readers about how the schools were back in colonial days. You can even listen to what a 'real' classroom would have sounded like back then!
 * [|Education in the 13 American Colonies] -Fun facts about colonial schooling
 * [|Education for Boys and Girls] - Find out the differences in schooling for boys and girls
 * [|Education in the Colonies] - Find out how schools were run in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies
 * [|Kid Info: Colonial Life] - Scroll down to "Colonial Education" to find more information about this subject (some links are already on this page)! Feel free to check out some of the other great links, too!
 * 1) What was a typical day like for a colonial woman? Would you rather be a woman during colonial times or in the present? Explain.
 * 2) What was a typical day like for a colonial man? Would you rather be a man during colonial times or in the present? Explain.
 * 3) What was a typical day like for a colonial child? Would you rather be a child during colonial times or in the present? Explain.
 * 4) Describe a typical colonial meal time. What would they eat? How would they get their food? Were there table manners? How do you feel about a colonial meal time? Would you like to try eating a meal as they did?
 * [|Colonial Women -] This website has everything you'll need to know about the life of a woman during colonial times.
 * [|Meet the Children of Colonial Times] - This website explains how children during colonial times spent their days. Topics include education, music, dance, play, and daily chores.
 * [|Colonial Games and Toys] - This website gives good descriptions and examples of what games and toys colonial children likes to play!
 * [|What did the Colonists Eat?] - A short page about some of the items a colonist would eat.
 * [|Interesting Facts About Colonial Food and Dinnertime] - This site is short, but has some neat facts about food and customs at dinnertime!
 * [|Chidren's Leisure Time and Games] - This site tells about some of the things colonial children liked to do in their spare time!
 * [|Amusements in Colonial New England] - This website describes many aspects of every day life in Colonial America!
 * 1) Describe what a child in colonial times would wear. Compare and contrast what children wear today to what children wore in colonial times.
 * 2) Describe what a man in colonial times would wear. Compare and contrast what men wear today to what men wore in colonial times.
 * 3) Describe what a woman in colonial times would wear. Compare and contrast what women wear today to what women wore in colonial times.
 * 4) Describe how people in colonial times made their clothing. Who made the clothes? How did they get different colored clothing? When did they make clothing?
 * [|18th Century Clothing in Colonial Williamsburg] - This website looks at 18th century clothing, including the clothing of African Americans and tradesmen. Make sure you look at all the great photos!
 * [|18th Century Children's Clothing] - This website includes a glossary of children's clothes and nice pictures of colonial children's clothing!
 * [|18th Century Men's Clothing] - This website includes sections about the 'Anatomy of a suit', wigs and a glossary of men's clothing terms!
 * [|18th Century Women's Clothing] - This website has links to the 'Anatomy of a Gown', shoes and accessories, fashions of motherhood and a glossary of women's clothing terms!

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The Task<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> | The Process & Resources | Part 1: Background | Part 2: Instructions Group 1<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |