Thirteen Colonies Scavenger Hunt Name:_______________
What was life like?
1.
Name several different places in which
Colonial Americans had to live.
2.
What did they do all
day?
How did they
make wool?
Do their chores
seem harder than yours?
3.
What were some of the main occupations during
Colonial times?
Which one of
those jobs would you pick?
4.
Tell me something interesting about Colonial Shoes.
5.
What time did school start in
Colonial times?
Click on Making
a QuillPen.
Describe in
your own words how to make one.
6.
What was the primary source of transportation
in the 1700’s?
Name 4 types of
alternative transportation.
7.
George Washington rewrote a famous book on manners.
List 6 things
that you should never do.
1.
Read several RunawayAdvertisements. What do you think?
What would you have done if you were to recognize one of those slaves?
2.
A little over 20% of all Colonial Americans were of African
descent.
Why did the Colonial whites need so many slaves?
3.
Read about an African American man who went back to being aslave
for a day.
What are some of the things that he had to do?
Would you have
gone back to slavery? Why or why not?
4.
When slaves
were bought in Africa, how much did they cost?
How much were they sold for in America?
About how many
total slaves were brought from Africa to America?
5.
Explain the TriangularRoute
of ships.
1.
By looking at the map, explain
why you think the colonies did not expand farther west.
Was there any particular reason?
2.
Look at the same map. You will recognize that the original 13 colonies
still have their same names today.
There is one state that is missing. Can you figure out what it is?
3.
How many accused Witches
were killed in the Salem WitchcraftTrials?
1.
Play the Stratford
word find. If you run across any words
that are unfamiliar, use the dictionary
to define them.
2.
Play Fox and Geese. It’s just like Checkers, just on a different
shaped board.