Colonial Era: Part 2 Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Read All About It!

The Seabury first grade Navigators 

became newspaper reporters and researched, 

wrote, and then enjoyed reading our published articles. 

SP (Seabury Press) was also on hand

to take photographs of the many activities

done by colonists of the era.

Here we are with our noses in our newspaper, The Colonial Times.

GEM’s Colony About Her Dad by G. Rhode Island is my daddy’s home! I love it! It is on the east coast. The Wampanoags were there in the first place. Then Roger Williams started the colony. It was in 1636. It was founded because they wanted religious freedom. First the colony was named Providence of Plantations and was changed to Rhode Island in 1663 when a new charter was granted. Rhode Island was Dutch for “red island”. The people brought slaves from a different continent.

An example of a cross-stitch sampler

Researching a colony with a fourth grade friend

New York Colony by C  New York is one of the colonies. It has New York City. It was a middle colony. The Iroquois lived there first. Henry Hudson explored it. It was founded in 1626 by the Dutch West India Company. New York got its name from the Duke of York in England. It had farming and shipbuilding.

We used the "New True" books and the internet to do research.

About Paul Revere by M. Paul Revere was born in 1734 and he lived in Boston. Paul’s family had enough money to let him go to school. He was a silversmith. He was a patriot when he was an adult. He threw tea off a ship and that was called the Boston Tea Party. He was most known for shouting out “The British are coming! The British are coming!” There was a poem written about his midnight ride. The poem says 1 lantern if by sea, two if by land. He went everywhere on a horse, to all the towns to tell them that the British are coming by sea. He rang all the bells by the houses and made lots of noise so that the people would wake up and the minuteman would be ready. You wonder who the minutemen are?They are your brothers, your dads, your grandpas, basically every man in the village who have to get ready in a very quick time.

Using a modern day convenience to "type-set" his article

Who Was Thomas Jefferson? by C In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. He lived from 1743 - 1826. He was elected president in 1800. His house is called Monticello in Virginia. He bought the Louisiana Purchase from France.

Students used hornbooks in the colonial days

A close up look at hornbook "lessons"

An advertisement: Check out the Cobbler Shop!

The cobbler at work

Playing Nine Men's Morris, a mixture of chess and checkers

Figuring out the strategies

The Boston Tea Party by S The Boston Tea Party was when King George III said, “Tax the Tea.” He needed money to pay his bills. The patriots thought that was unfair. “Taxation without representation is tyranny!” The patriots were feeling angry so they dressed up as American Indians and they went on board the ship. They used axes to open the boxes, and they dumped all of the boxes of tea into the harbor.

Making a bilboquet, a colonial ball and cup toy

It takes a lot of practice to catch the ball!

"How can I make this toy work better?"

Thinking like an engineer

We compared the perspective of two boys 

who found themselves on two different sides 

when the shot was "heard around the world."

The Minuteman by G The Minuteman could get ready in a minute. They were not trained well. The Redcoats were from Great Britain and they were trained well. They were called Redcoats because they had red uniforms. The redcoats lost the war. George Washington and the minutemen won the war!

We also compared George Washington 

King George III:

George Washington by our Chinese friend, Emma George Washington was a big part of American history. He was the first president of the United States. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. He was a commander in war. George Washington’s brother was on the British side. George Washington was really helpful for America. Washington state is named after George Washington!

King George III by Gl King George III ruled the British kingdom through the American Revolutionary War. King George was born June fourth 1737, and died in 1820. He was not fair to his colonies and they made a war against him. He taxed them on things like tea and that was mean. If you were wondering why his hair is white it is because it is a wig!

We played "Made For Trade", a game about colonial trades.

There was a lot of gold to be found in the MakerSpace

for the Goldsmith Shop. 

 

We did extra research 

The American Flag by N The first flag was made by Betsy Ross, Philadelphia seamstress. It was approved on June 14, 1777 by the Continental Congress. On April 4, 1818, Congress passed a Flag Act that said that every time a new state was added, a new star would be added to the flag. The U.S. flag has several names such as Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Old Glory and more. The United States flag shows freedom to the United States. There are rules of flag etiquette, which include not letting the flag touch the ground. On August 21, 1959, they had 50 states.

Get your horseshoes at the local blacksmith shop!

The blacksmith in front of his shop

The colonial town was growing as more and more colonists were settling in America.

Betsy Ross by R  Betsy Ross was born January 1, 1752 and died in 1836. She had 17 brothers and sisters.  Betsy Ross sewed things that people would need to stay warm like clothes. She was asked to make the flag of America because we signed the Declaration of Independence and we were not longer ruled by King George III.  We had a president and we were called the United States of America. She made a red, white, and blue flag. Thirteen stripes for the 13 states and 13 stars that were made in a circle. It was called the wreath of stars. Red on the flag means valor and hardiness. White means purity. Blue means justice.

Reading, writing, and learning together is so much fun!

First grade at its best!

• Thank you, Thunderbolts class, for helping us research.
• Thank you, editor, for trying to get the type-set correct but alas, modern typesetting has its own set of issues!