Group 1 - Colonial Trades
Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to Colonial Trades.
Please choose 2 colonial trades and answer the questions below. You will be informing the readers about what you learned in the form of a newspaper article.
1. Describe this craft. What did this person do? How did they make something? (List the steps to make something.)
2. What tools did this person use? Describe their purposes.
3. What training or education did the person need to get the skills? What were the skills that an apprentice (student) needed to learn this trade?
4. Why was this job needed? What benefits to the community did it have? Why would someone want to do this job?In your opinion, what would be satisfying about the work?
After your group finishes these questions, go to:
- Colonial Trades from Williamsburg - Click on any of the colonial trades to see a great description of what people living in colonial times did for work! Don't forget to look at the pictures (included in each page) to see what people looked like doing their job!
- Colonial Tools - Click on any of the colonial tools to see pictures and descriptions of what tools back in colonial days looked like and were used for!