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Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 5: United States
Infographic #5: Exports of the English Colonies
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1. Ahoy, matey! Find out where America’s fishing industry began. Go to Out of Gloucester.
http://www.downtosea.com/

  • Click Photos and then Gloucester vessels.
  • Click each picture to see it enlarged. Then click the Back arrow.
  • Click Home and then Fishing.
  • Click Historical Perspectives on Fishing.
  • Click and read history of fishing.
  • Take notes on the part your teacher assigns you.

Online Activity: Gone Fishing
Use the information on the Web site to answer the following questions. Type your answers into the spaces provided.



   As the story goes, fishing began in Gloucester when it was first settled. Tell what kind of fish and where the fish product was marketed.
   

   When did Gloucester fishing become an industry? According to the article, what conditions were necessary to call it an industry?
   

   What happened when larger fishing boats, called schooners, were built?
   

   Name some of the foreign ports to which Gloucester began shipping fish?
   

   What event nearly put a stop to Gloucester fishing? Why?
   

   Where is the Grand Bank referred to in the article? How are Grand Bank fishing and shore fishing different?
   

   What kind of fish were sold when shore fishery was at its height around 1832?
   


2. Learn about the “noxious weede” that contributed to the growth of the Southern Colonies. Go to Leaf of Gold: Tobacco in Colonial America.
http://www.lacoe.edu/cia/history/williamsburg98/groves.html

  • Read the report about tobacco in colonial America.
  • As you read, click each link to go to a note on that topic.
  • After you read the note, click Return and continue reading the article.
Offline Activity: Industry Report
In the online activity, you learned about the colonial America's fishing industry. Now you have read about the early history of tobacco farming. Write a short report that compares the two industries. In your report, tell where, when, and how each industry developed. Discuss why they developed where they did. Describe their similarities and differences.

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