Later Elementary Social Studies Colonial Life

Later Elementary Social Studies Colonial Life

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Resources

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Resource Chart

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Economic
Activity / Natural Resources / Human Resources / Capital Resources
Fishing in New England
Wheat Farming in the Middle Colonies
Tobacco Growing on a Plantation in Virginia

Resource Chart – with Sample Answers

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Economic
Activity / Natural
Resources / Human Resources / Capital
Resources
Fishing in New England / fish
water
bait / fisherman
shipbuilders
barrel makers / boats
nets
barrels
Wheat Farming in the Middle Colonies / good soil
water
seeds / farmers
millers
blacksmith / plows
wagons
sacks
farm tools
Tobacco Growing
on a Plantation in Virginia / good soil
water
seeds
lots of land
warm climate / enslaved people
plantation owners
indentured servants / drying barns
wagons
farm tools
tobacco cutters

Colonial Occupations

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Apothecary / Gunsmith / Basket maker
Miller / Blacksmith / Milliner
Brick maker / Printer and Binder / Cabinet maker
Saddler / Carpenter / Shoemaker
Cooper / Silversmith / Tailor
Wheelwright / Wigmaker

SCARCITY

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Examples of Scarcity

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In England
In the Colonies

Examples of Scarcity – Possible Answers

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In England / ·  Scarcity of jobs
·  Scarcity of land for people to own
·  Scarcity of money
·  Scarcity of opportunity
·  Scarcity of lumber
In the Colonies / ·  Scarcity of good farm land in New England
·  Scarcity of workers for plantations in the Southern Colonies
·  Scarcity of manufactured goods
·  Scarcity of land from the Native American viewpoint
·  Scarcity of good drinking water in Jamestown
·  Scarcity of settlers at first

SPECIALIZATION AND EXCHANGE

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Mystery Artifact #1

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white calico cloth
linens
blue cotton
handkerchiefs, blue
handkerchiefs, red
blankets of all sorts and sizes
wool cloaks
ready made shirts
fine men’s stockings, blue
fashionable men’s and boy’s hats
low priced hats
fine night caps
feathers for ladies hats
blue feathers
latest fashion aprons, plain
steel scissors
laces of all Kinds
shirt and waist coat buttons
a fancy assortment of paper boxes
baskets
smoothing irons
fine needles and pins
needle cases
silver thimbles
sugar, refined
cinnamon, cloves, and nutmegs
brown sugar candy
white sugar candy
fine chocolate
licorice
horn combs
all sorts of wedding fans
candlesticks
/ brass desk furniture
candles
toys of various sorts
whistles for children
a variety of children's books
various other books and stationary
slates and pencils
paper of all sorts and sizes
playing cards
pencils
sealing wax
brooms
most sorts of nails
files of all sorts and sizes
chisels
wire
pewter plates and dishes
mugs
iron kettles
polishing powders
crates of earthenware
large, noble and rich Chinese bowls
coffee
oats
coarse salt in bags
sponges
glass bottles
bottle corks
soap
tools of almost every occupation
garden tools
window glass of all sizes
looking glasses of all sizes

Colonial Exports

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New England Colonies / New Hampshire
Cattle, lumber, fish, and fur
Rhode Island
Cattle, corn, lumber, and ships
Massachusetts
Fish, whale products, fur, timber products, metals and metal products, raw wool, and ships
Connecticut
Flour, dried meat, fish, rum
Middle Colonies / New York
Fur, timber, foodstuff, cattle, horses, beer, fine flour, flax, and iron bars
New Jersey
Cattle, flax, Indian com, wheat, and flour
Pennsylvania
Foodstuff, wheat, corn, apples, dairy cattle, glass, wine, beer, rope, and bricks
Delaware
Furs, tobacco, meat, grain, flour, bread, barrel staves, lumber, horses, cloth, and iron
Southern Colonies / Maryland
Flax, corn, tobacco, fruit, vegetables, fish, iron, lumber, clay, bricks, beaver, and ships
Virginia
Wheat, flax, tobacco, corn, and iron
North Carolina
Tobacco, wheat, corn, forest products (tar, pitch, lumber), barrel staves, furs, metals, and for a time even exotic birds
South Carolina
Rice, indigo, beef, silkworms, cotton, lumber, some tobacco, grapes, wine, olives, raisins, capers, and currents
Georgia
Rice, clay, pottery, cotton, indigo, tobacco, fruit, barrel staves, and pork

Trade Between the Colonies and England

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Unfavorable Balance of Trade

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Mystery Artifacts #2 and #3

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Triangular Trade

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Assessment Chart

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Describe two examples of colonial economic activities
Describe an example of scarcity in the colonies and how the colonists reacted to it.
List two examples of colonial exports
List two examples of colonial imports
Describe the trade relationship between England and the colonies.
Describe a triangular trade route.
Describe one benefit of trade between Europe, Africa, and the colonies.
Describe one cost of trade between Europe, Africa, and the colonies.

Assessment Chart - Possible Answers

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Describe two examples of colonial economic activities / ·  Fishing
·  Trading
·  Farming
·  Ship-building
Describe an example of scarcity in the colonies and how the colonists reacted to it. / ·  New England had a scarcity of good soil for farming so people began to fish and trade.
·  The Southern colonies had a scarcity of workers for plantations so they forced enslaved Africans to do the work.
List two examples of colonial exports / ·  Lumber
·  Tobacco
·  Rice
·  Fish
List two examples of colonial imports / ·  Furniture
·  Dishes and glasses
·  Enslaved Africans
·  A lot of manufactured goods like tools
Describe the trade relationship between England and the colonies. / ·  The colonies exported raw materials to England and England exported manufactured goods to the colonies.
Describe a triangular trade route. / ·  New England traders took goods like flour and lumber to the West Indies and brought back molasses and sugar.
·  They made rum out of these goods and took it to West Africa and traded for enslaved Africans.
·  They took the Africans to the West Indies and sold them there and bought more molasses and sugar.
Describe one benefit of trade between Europe, Africa, and the colonies. / ·  England gained wealth as a result of its favorable balance of trade with the colonies.
·  New England traders got wealthy.
·  England had a good market for manufactured goods in both the colonies and Africa.
Describe one cost of trade between Europe, Africa, and the colonies. / ·  The slave trade had terrible negative consequences for Africa.
·  The colonies had an unfavorable balance of trade with England.

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