In class blog prompt: Comparing colonial life with ours
We are studying life in the colonies this week. How does the colonial lifestyle compare to your lives today? Review Chapter 4, and then write a paragraph comparing and contrasting your current life to life in the colonial era?
One major thing that is different between life now and life in the colonies is education. Right now I am getting an education, and in the colonial days only children in New England got a proper education. And boy's education was considered more important then girl's. The girls that did get to go to school weren't taught more than reading and math.
Another thing they did differently is how they spent their free time. They would have competitions, or "bees" and clear areas for farming or building, as a community. They built houses together, and threw parties after. It was a cool and fun way to get the work done! Children ad a few toys, like dolls or tops. Very different than all the toys that we have now!
Nowadays, we think of families as just parents and their children. But in the colonies, families were also grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Those were big families! The average family had between 7-10 kids to help on the farm.
Hey, I basically said the same thing as you in my post to! Good job.
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