- NAME THAT COLONIAL TOOL
Colonial America: Great site for Interactive options--Looking at everyday Colonial objects.
Memorial Hall Museum Online
Your class assignment is to use the link above and spend 10 minutes searching the various video clips, exhibits, and artifacts.
Please select 2 items that were interesting to you and write them down on an index card---that you picked up from the front of the room.
YOU HAVE 3 THINGS TO DO:
1. Look at the site for about 10 minutes
2. Record 2 things telling what you looked at and why you found them interesting!
3. Turn in your index card before you leave!
I think the fowler looks cool it was used for small game. David
ReplyDeleteI saw that to David I thought it was pretty cool to. Billy
DeleteI looked at the clothing and realized the woman have to wear a lot of layers. I also looked at the colonial tools. In the tools I saw a lot of items for wool and yarn activities. I also saw some muskets. -Avery Walden
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that too Avery. Sometimes I wonder how they get around like that.~~Elizabeth L.
DeleteI saw those too and I also thought they were interesting!
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DeleteSo do I Elizabeth! -avery
DeleteWhile looking at this website, I found out that a tape loom was a tool used to weave narrow stripes of cloth called "Tape."~~Elizabeth L.
ReplyDeleteI saw that it was so cool
DeleteThat item must have of been really interesting. I get not get that far into the museum. Next time I will have to look farther in after school. - Kayla W.
DeleteI saw that to when I was looking thru, - Cayden
DeleteEmily H.
ReplyDeleteI thought the wheel that you spin wool into yarn was very interesting. I also thought that the "capot" was cool. The 'capot' was a french word for hooded coat.
I love this!! I didn't see this, but it's very interesting. -Emily S.
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ReplyDeleteI looked at the clothing and the women always wore dresses. Both men and women dressed up nice back in the day. I also looked at the tools they used to have and it's very surprising to what we upgraded from then. Most of their tools are made out of rocks and wood.
I also noticed that woman always wore dresses. I didn't notice that tools were made out of wood before, good find!-avery w
DeleteRichard I also saw that. I thought it was weird.
DeleteRichard V. I saw a Charleville Infantry Musket. It looked really old and worn down.
ReplyDeleteYeah it didn't look that nice i think it was probable cleaned or put up. David
DeleteI look at the Screw Auger the tool was used to drill large holes in wood. the reason i that it was cool is that they did it by hand and we do it by machine.
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I also noticed that we replaced those tools with machines. Dezmond B.
DeleteI saw that woman had a lot of layers of clothing. Also I saw that there was lot of early american tools like Axes and knifes. Bruce
ReplyDeletei noticed that the women wore lots of layers
ReplyDeleteI noticed that to.Dale
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DeleteI thought that was interesting too. It must have been very warm for them.
I was looking at some items and I saw some items that could be used to keep items safe. This item could keep papers like what type of guns,cannons and ships they used during this time. I also looked at What clothes the women that are higher class wore. These women had a lot of layers. There clothing was a lot nicer then the lower classmen.-Kayla W.
ReplyDeleteI found the same information, and thought it was really interesting
Delete~Emma B
while I was looking through the website, I found many interesting things. the most interesting thing would have to be how they dressed back then, though I really don't like dresses.
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OK cool
DeleteI noticed that too Emma. I do like dresses, but I still found it interesting how they wore so many layers. -Megan
Deletesame, I also thought they were interesting.
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I agree with you how they dress was very interesting. The dresses were also really not my style.
DeleteI also noticed that they wore different types of clothes like their wedding dresses. - Jordyn
DeleteI saw a flintlock musket.Dale
ReplyDeleteI saw the draw knife and the shaving horse. Billy
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ReplyDeletei saw that in the civil war slavery was already controversial.
I seen some nice dresses, but the one that caught me attention was a dress that looked like a winter dress.
ReplyDeleteI saw that one to and I thought it was cool how much things have changed.
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When colonists came to the "New World", they brought customs and beliefs with them. These included religion, education and the roles of men and women. -Megan
ReplyDeleteI looked at a hunting shirt worn by Michael Crow in the 1800s. This stood out to me because it showed how much things have changed.
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DeleteI seen it to I liked it.
DeleteFisher W.
ReplyDeleteI think it's cool that their tools were made mostly of wood and stone. I also think that their clothing is cool, like their version of a hoodie is a capot
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DeleteI thought it was cool as well. Their hoodie looked cool as well.
DeleteI also seen that things have really changed since then instead of wood and stone there is steel and large machines.
DeleteThe large machines and things changed was Averee M.
DeleteI seen that to and I thought it was really cool.
DeleteAbby M.
I thought that that was also a cool thing and the hoodie was very cool.-Austin
Deletethe dress that looked like it was for winter was my favorite
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I think the muskets are awesome they are hard to load fast though. Jared
ReplyDeleteThat is very interesting.Ryan.T
DeleteI saw a 1700s people.That because its cool.
ReplyDeleteWhile looking through this information I learned some cool things. One of the things I learned was that people in the 1600s though the 1800s wear many layers of clothing. Many females wore the first layer of clothing to bed, with nothing under.-Kaylin
ReplyDeleteI noticed that too. They didn't have many clothing options back then. -Ali
DeleteI noticed that too. People didn't really have much clothes to wear then. -Macey V.
DeleteI also noticed that, I think it would be too hot to sleep in all of those layers. they also had to keep their clothes as fresh as possible because they didn't get to wash them. -- Emilie B
DeleteI noticed that they wore lots of layers. I also noticed that the tools they had we replaced with machines. Dezmond B.
ReplyDeleteI saw that woman wore lots of layers also and that there tools are old.
DeleteI saw woman wore a lot of layers and they had a lot of tools. Bruce T.
DeleteI saw woman had a lot of layers and old tools. Bruce T
DeleteI agree that was a very cool fact.-Austin
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ReplyDeleteI saw what the native Americans wore and it stood out to me because i didn't know the dressed up that much.
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Ya, thats interesting I didn't know they dressed up that much.
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DeleteI saw a 1700s people.That because its cool.Ryan.T
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ReplyDeleteI think its interesting that idioms where tought back then. Also, they could compare perspectives of English.
I noticed that people rarely washed their clothes or hair. Sometimes they wouldn't wash anything for months at a time. This is why women put their hair in buns all the time. -Ali
ReplyDeleteI saw that too it was really cool and different. ~ Abby W
DeleteI noticed that too, I found it kind of odd that they wouldn't wash anything for such a long period of time. --- Emilie B
DeleteI didn't see that but that is really cool, I didn't know that.
DeleteAbby M.
I did not know that people did not wash there hair or cloths for mouths and i thought that was interesting. corbin v
DeleteI think it is cool that the tools were mostly made out of wood and stone. Also, the clothing were interesting.
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I noticed that too.Ella
DeleteI think that it is really interesting that the women wore layers of clothing and at night they wore only one layer with nothing under it. -Austin
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DeleteI also saw that to I thought that those dresses were really big.
That is really cool I did not know that,but why did they only wear one layer at night. I would think that it would be to cold at night.-Jacob.s
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ReplyDeleteI saw that there tools were basic and some of them I never even new about. I also saw that on all the papers that they wrote they had a cool font. I also saw that there clothes are way different there dresses are all puffy and big. This is just a cool thing I saw I saw that the chairs had cool designs
I saw the font to it was cool
DeleteI thought that the magic lens was cool because it could read a letters that other people could not read with there bare eye. corbin v
ReplyDeleteI did not see that, but it looks interesting.
Delete- Jadon
I saw that their clothing was colorful. It was fascinating to see how many layers they had on.-Ella P.
ReplyDeleteI seen that their clothes were mostly red or white dresses. I also seen that all their furniture was wood with some white cloth or cushion where you sit.
ReplyDeletemy name was Jacob A
DeleteI noticed that they used the flintlock Musket in some for the wars that have happened over time.Two is that they had to use the percussion Musket in the Civil War.-Jacob.s
ReplyDeleteYou only talked about the muskets and what kinds. Jacob A
DeleteI thought their clothes were very nice and well made considering the fabrics and materials they had to use. - Elizabeth S.
ReplyDeleteI think that they dressed and had nice fabrics too.
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I learned that percussion musket was an upgrade from the flintlock. - Cayden
ReplyDeleteWhile going through this information, I learned how many people wore layers of clothing. The women constantly wore dresses. I thought this information was interesting. -Macey V.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see that but that's cool.
DeleteI looked at how there was a total of about 50,000 arm/guns during the civil war. The arms were marked on the lockplates in front of the hammer with an eagle over U.S. - Jadon
ReplyDeleteI looked at that one too I thought it was really cool.---Ryder
DeleteFrom 1666 to 1770 there was a rare selection in colored clothes and they had bland dresses.Then there is color from the 1800's until now.
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I noticed this too and think it's cool how much clothes have changed over the years. -Morgan
DeleteI noticed that their clothes are very colorful and their dresses and coats are long. I also saw that some of their dolls didn't have faces. ~ Jordyn
ReplyDeleteI did not look at that one but it seams very interesting.----Ryder
Deletethe company was one of the largest u.s. cutlery manufactures,employing more than 500 workers at various times.The partnership dissolved after the civil war
ReplyDeleteI think it's cool how much tools have evolved from then until now. -Morgan
ReplyDeleteI looked at the Civil War musket and bayonet, I thought it was very interesting that They didn't put what it measured by such as Cm/MM, and inch. I also think It wold be very interesting what the weight was.---Ryder H
ReplyDeleteI saw how over time the women's clothing didn't change, while the men's did. ~Abby W
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ReplyDeletewhat I found interesting to me is that they can make 2,000 guns in a month. Also something I found interesting to me is that they where the larges manufacturers in the Civil War for America.
I noticed that they didn't have many clothing options. They also had to wear a lot of clothing. --Emilie B
ReplyDeleteThe clothes was very interesting. -May
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