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This What Was Everyday Life like in Colonial Virginia? lesson plan also includes:
- Runaway Slave Ad 1768
- Source B: The Old Plantation, Painting
- Source C: Colonial Book on Animal Husbandry
- Source D: The Prudent Housewife
- Life in Colonial Virginia Graphic Organizer
- What Was a Woman’s Role on a Farm? Essay
- What Was the Role of Children on a Farm? Essay
- What Was Life like for Slaves on a Virginia Farm? Essay
- What Was a Man’s Role on a Farm? Essay
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After reflecting on jobs people perform in the present day, scholars discuss what they believe jobs would have been like in Colonial Virginia during the American Revolution. Small groups then perform a jigsaw using informational packets. A new set of papers are dispersed alongside a graphic organizer that participants complete. Teams share out their new-found knowledge while the rest of the class fills in the remaining pieces of the organizer.
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- Discuss the question at the start of the lesson then revisit it at the end to gauge learners' comprehension
- Direct pupils to answer the question then reply to at least one peer
- Create homogeneous groups and work with those that require extra support, or heterogeneously to give peers of different abilities the opportunity to assist each other
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- Several copies are required—four required resources and five additional resources
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