North Carolina Colony

By: Andrew Franklin (the adult farmer)

Education

• In the Colonial times education was important• In Colonial times schools were not like the

schools we have today• 1 teacher for each grade• 1 fire place and every child had to bring

firewood for it.

www.ssdsbergen.org/Colonial/education.htm

Trades/Farming

• During the colonial times farmers grew most of there food

• The animals were good for meat and milk

• They also grew plants that would give them material for making clothing

Communication

• Farmers didn’t communicate because they were always so busy working on the farm

• The only time that they did communicate with other people was when they went to town to trade crops or animals

• If they did need to tell someone something important they would have someone take the message to them because the farmers always had work to do

Family Life

• The families in colonial times were always busy

• They were always at work making sure every thing was right and that there was food on the table and a roof over there head

• Once all the chores were finished they would have some fun as a family

Daily Life

• Colonial men had to hunt for food for there family

• During the farming season they would harvest crops for there family

• The women had to make clothes and cook the food and take care of the kids while the father was out working or hunting

• The children also had chores• The girls would help there mom with the cooking.

The boys would go with there dad and hunt.

Climate

• The climate was a warm during the NC colony

• It also was a very good climate that was useful to farmers.