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Life in the Colonies

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COMBINED RATING

4.3 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

4.5

STUDENTS (8)

4.1

LENGTH

20 Minutes

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Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Complete quests, harvest crops, cut trees, and talk to people to learn more about the colonial period.

Vocabulary Words

Representative Government

Magna Carta

Family Labor

Indentured Servents

Slavery

Triangular Trade

Raw Materials

Navigation Acts

Instructions

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

Main Concepts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How do you think daily life in the colonies was different from life today? What challenges do you think colonists faced in their communities? What kinds of jobs or work do you think people did in the colonies?

After the Game

What surprised you most about daily life in the colonies? What types of work or chores did people do, and how difficult do you think they were? What challenges or hardships did colonists face that you didn’t expect? How did the colonies’ environment, resources, or geography affect how people lived? Did the game help you understand how communities in the colonies worked together or depended on each other?

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