Adventures in Time and Place

Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Regions
Infographic #4: Thomas Jefferson's Williamsburg
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1. Visiting Colonial Williamsburg is like stepping back in time. The people and buildings look as they did in the 1700s. Now discover what colonial life was like from a different perspective. At Colonial Williamsburg, scientists keep some rare animals that come from colonial times. To meet Baab, a sheep that tells about farming, go to Counting Sheep: An Animal's Eye View of Colonial Williamsburg.
http://www.history.org/almanack/life/animals/animals.htm

First click Rare Breeds Program. Then click each animal at the bottom of the page to learn how they contribute to the story. Close the pop up window.
Click the Back arrow. Scroll down and click Episode 4: Animals Farm?
Read. If you see an animal, click it; then close the pop-up window.
Keep clicking the running sheep to finish the episode.
Click Back to Animals Page. Then click and read Episode 7: Getting Fleeced to learn about sheep and wool.

Online Activity: A Job for Every Animal
Some of the animals at Colonial Williamsburg are shown below. Match each animal with the phrase that tells how the animal helps people.
Click two cards. Wait to see them turn over. Try again until you find all of the matches!

2. Learn more about colonial life! See and hear what children who lived in Williamsburg or other parts of colonial America might have said and done. Go to Colonial Kids.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/

Click the red arrow to enter.
Read about the Colonial Kids. Scroll down and choose a topic that interests you and your partner, or one that your teacher assigns.
Explore your topic thoroughly. Click links to see glossary definitions, activities, and movies.
Write down several interesting facts about your topic. Think about how life in colonial America was different from your life today.

Offline Activity: Then and Now Dialog
Use the notes about colonial life to write a dialog between a colonial child and a modern-day child. Be sure that the dialog tells about the similarities and differences between life then and now. Role-play your dialog. One partner will act as a colonial child and the other, a modern child. Practice and then present your dialog to your class.