2. On this Scavenger hunt you will be going
website to website to see how life is
different in 2014 from colonial America in
the 1700’s. You have been given an answer
sheet to record your answers. The final
question to remember is
How is colonial life different from your life
now?
Grade: Second Grade
Domain: Social Studies
Theme: People Working Together
Strand: History
Topic: Historical Thinking and Skills
Content Statement: Change over time can be shown with artifacts, maps and
photographs.
3.
4. Can you identify how many colonies
were there in 1700’s on the map.
http://totallyhistory.com/thirteen-original-
colonies/
6. The Declaration of Independence
was written all in cursive by hand. A
man named John Hancock wrote it
while people were helping him with
what to put on the Declaration. Click
to see what the Declaration said!
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charte
rs/declaration_transcript.html
9. Not only have our tools changed, but
so have our clothes! Put your mouse
over the colonial clothes and list what
the names of the clothes were called.
Are they the same clothes we wear
today?
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/1770_man.html
10. This was a book used by
school children. State what
lesson this book taught the
students.
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/collec
tion/itempage.jsp?itemid=5862
11. In colonial America, only boys were allowed
to go to school. Even though many girls
could read, there were not allowed to go to
school at all. Some places in the colonies
didn’t even have schools. This meant that
parents would teach their children how to
read and write.
12. Now that you have learned
all about Colonial America,
can you compare and
contrast how your life now is
different from colonial life?
