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Colonial Challenges: Colonial Life

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LENGTH

20 Minutes

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Description

In Colonial Challenges: Colonial Life, players will experience what life was like during colonial times. From learning about jobs and daily activities to voting and trading goods through the Triangular Trade. Each stage will include a dedicated deck of cards to help players progress through the levels.

Vocabulary Words

Government

Trade The Great Awakening

Barter

Colonists

Colonies

Moral Beliefs

Justice

Enlightenment

Consent of the Governed

Economy

Elected Representatives

Self-Government

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Colonial Life. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Describe forms of leisure and recreation in colonial society and how they reflected regional customs and community life.

Compare colonial attitudes toward slavery and identify early voices of opposition.

Assess the influence of immigration and natural increase on population growth and diversity in colonial society.

Analyze how the Zenger trial reflected evolving ideas of freedom of the press in the colonies.

Evaluate how Enlightenment ideas and civic virtue influenced colonial views on science, government, and human rights.

Explain the causes and effects of the Great Awakening on religious and cultural life in the colonies, using examples from revival sermons and personal narratives.

Analyze the role of religion and education in shaping colonial culture.

Evaluate the significance of town meetings and assemblies in promoting colonial self-government.

Describe social roles and family structures in colonial society, including the experiences of men, women, children, and enslaved families.

Explain how colonial governments incorporated English principles like representative government and protected rights.

Analyze how mercantilism and the Navigation Acts affected colonial trade and led to resistance.

Explain how trade networks, including triangular trade, influenced the colonial economy and transatlantic relationships.

Compare the systems of labor in the colonies, including family labor, indentured servitude, and slavery.

Describe the structure of colonial government and how it reflected both English traditions and colonial adaptations.

Describe how geography and regional resources shaped the colonial economies of New England, the Middle Colonies, and the South.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What challenges do you think colonists faced when trying to build new communities? What kinds of jobs do you think most colonists had? How might where you lived (New England, Middle, or Southern colonies) affect your daily life? What role did religion play in colonial communities? If you were a colonist, what would be most important to you—freedom, safety, land, or trade and why?

After the Game

Did any decisions in the game remind you of challenges real colonists might have faced? How did the game show the importance of documents like the Magna Carta or ideas like self-government? How do you think colonial life compares to life today in terms of rights, laws, and opportunities? Which group of people in colonial times (farmers, merchants, enslaved Africans, Native Americans, women, etc.) do you think faced the most challenges and why?

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