The Process: Group 1--Daily Life

Answer the following questions about and create a picture file for daily life in the 1600s in Puritan New England.

1.  Describe the clothing worn by men and women in Salem.  What types of fabrics were used? What colors were used?  How did they get those colors?
2.  How did their clothing support their religious views?
3.  Describe the types of homes that probably existed in Salem.  Include what a palisade is and why it was necessary.
4.  Describe the family life of Puritans.  What did they do to support themselves?  What did they do in their spare time?
5.  Describe a Puritan meal.
6.  How did their food and eating habits support their religious views? 

Life in Colonial America                                          Family Life                                                                Clothing
Pilgrim Village                                                       Work & ethics                                                       Baked beans 
good eats                                                                                                                                                    Homes 
                                                                                                      

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