1. Home and Food
By:
Ariel,Neima,Lucy,Matar,Lyla,
Josh,Rebecca,Yonah
2. Drinks
By: Lucy H.
During colonial times what you drank
depended on where you lived.
People did not drink water during
colonial times because it got dirty and
they were afraid they would get sick.
Instead colonists made their own drinks
such as:
Beer
Tea
Coffee
Apple cider
3.
4. Cooking Tools
By: Neima F.
During colonial times
cooking was not an easy
task. The colonists used
many tools to cook such
as:
A skillet
A spit
A gridiron
A reflector
A brick oven
5.
6. How to get food
By: Lyla W.
During colonial times
getting food was hard.
Some ways in which the
colonists got food was
by:
Hunting
Planting
Fishing
Shipment from England
7.
8. Desserts
By: Rebecca
During colonial times sugar was
expensive and not easy to get.
Therefore, colonists had to find a
replacement to use. Colonists were
able to use molasses and maple syrup
as replacements! Even though the
colonists were not able to use sugar
they were still able to make delicious
desserts such as:
Apple Tansy
Pastries
Ice cream
Pies
9.
10. Meal Time
By : Matar R.
Food was very important to
the colonists.
The colonists had three
meals Breakfast, Dinner(in
other words Lunch) and
Supper.
Dinner was the main meal
which took place around 2:00
and 3:00 P.M.
Colonists ate with their
fingers and used a lot of
napkins.
11.
12. Building a colonial home
By : Josh H.
During colonial times it took
2-3 months to build a house.
You needed many materials
to build a house such as:
Wood
Clay
Earth
Nails and iron hardware
(brought from England)
13.
14. Layout of a colonial house
By Yonah P.
Colonial houses only had one
room.
They did everything in that one
room such as eat, sleep and relax.
Since there was limited amounts
of furniture only parents slept in
beds made from straw.
Colonial houses did not have
closets or draws so colonists
stored their clothing in a loft in the
attic.
15.
16. No Electricity!
By: Ariel J.
During colonial times there was no
electricity. That means there was
no light, running water or heat!
For light they used candles, oil
lamps or lanterns.
To get water colonists had to go
to the well or lake and put the
water in the yoke, which is like a
huge jug.
For heat the colonists made a fire
in a hearth, which was located in
the the fire place,
