For this project you will keep a diary for 5 days. In this diary you will write what you do every day and compare your daily activities to that of a colonial child. How is your day different and how is it the same? Would a colonial child be able to come home from school to play video games? When you are finished, use the link below to make a book cover for your diary. The links below will help you to learn about children in colonial America.
This describes colonial books and paper. http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/books.html
This discusses the daily schooling of colonial children. http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-boysgirls.html
A day in the life of a colonial child. http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html
Through an electronic field trip, meet some of the people who lived in colonial times. Look into the lives of African-Americans, children and some of the founding fathers. http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/geddy/geddychi.cfm
Eight different kinds of journals are introduced. Graphics given showing how to set up various journals and guidelines provided as well. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sjournal.htm
Resource site that explores journal writing. This also connects you to many links on journal writing. Good writing resource. http://www.midgefrazel.net/journal.html
Book cover link. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bookcover/
By simply clicking on the pictures, students will learn about many aspects of the life a boy or girl during Colonial times. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/