Colonial Community

By: Sadie, Rebecca, Jacob, Max, Adin, Hershel, Tali, Reyna, Kobe, Yonatan, Tamar, Kyra, Leah, Lev, Noemi

Building Our Community Click on the picture to see a video of us

building our houses!

CelebrationsColonists entertained themselves at fairs and celebrated at yearly events like Election Day, Commencement Day and Training Day.

Celebrations were held at different times of the year

At these events there was bowling, wresting, catching a pig with a greased tail, horse shoes, and more.

Weddings

Dating was very formal and supervised.

Women prepared for their wedding when they were little.

Dutch people gave monkey spoons as gifts.

BabiesIt was hard to give birth to a healthy child

The community celebrated the birth of a child.

There was usually a religious ceremony to welcome a baby into the community.

FuneralsThere were a lot of funerals because people got sick

People give gifts like rings And gloves

Funerals were a community event

General store

The general store served as a post office and a trading center.

You could find grain and hardware there.

In winter people sat around the stove and played checkers.

On summer days people sat on the porch to talk to their friends.

Taverns & Inns

Travelers would come to stay for the night.

At a tavern, beer, rum and ale was served as well as different foods.

The GristmillA gristmill was used for turning wheat into flour. Every town town had one. If it was a water mill it needed to be

near a river. Other grains like cornmeal were ground as well.

Quilting Bees

A Quilting Bee is the only event in the Winter.

A pattern might be a flower or a piece of fruit.

Children might have their first quilt by age 5.

Barn RaisingPeople from different parts of the commiunity would come and help raising the new barn.

When the men built the barn the children played games.

After the day was over they had a meal with lemonade, cider and cookies prepared by the women.

Religious LifeReligion was an important part of colonial life.

Churches and synagogues brought the community together and brought them closer to g-d.

The church was the heart of the village social life.

Healthcare

Cures in colonial times were often very strange. Since a walnut looks like a brain, they believed that eating it helps a headache. Doctors bled patients to remove

bad blood, but it didn't really do anything but make the patient have something else to worry about.

Staying Healthy

The majority of times a person got sick, he or she died.

If you got sick, you would see the Medicine Man or Woman, and they would try to cure you.

An Apothacary would have all of the medicines you could think of.

Even if you did find the "cure" for your disease, it would probably make your sickness worse.

PunishmentsLadies were punished by being dunked in water

You could be put in stocks if you fell asleep in church

You could be found innocent if you could read

Hands and ears could be cut off!

Weird fact about

punishments

A man once hanged his cat on Monday because on

Sunday,the man's day of rest, it killed a mouse.

Thank you! We hope you enjoyed

Colonial Day, 2014!

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