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Grade Range: 1 - 6
Discover the life and times of a Colonial family through the eyes of the Daggetts of Coventry, Connecticut. Look for clues in Samuel Daggett’s actual account book to answer 7 questions about his family’s world. View short videos accompanied with journal entries to provide clues. After providing all of the correct responses, prove your skill as a history detective by discovering "What is Wrong With This Picture?"
In the Classroom
Be sure to include Meet the Daggetts with your Colonial America unit. View together on your interactive whiteboard or projector or have students explore independently on classroom computers. Have students create an online or printed comic depicting a day in the life of the Daggett family using one of the tools and ideas included in <a href="/spectopics/comics.cfm ">this collection</a>. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram (<a href="/single.cfm?id=9413">reviewed here</a>) to compare Colonial to modern times. Have students use Fakebook (<a href="/single.cfm?id=14197">reviewed here</a>) to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a Daggett family member.
At Home
Share Meet the Daggett with your student to reinforce and review what life was like during Colonial times. Compare your own family life and traditions to those in the Daggett family. Over dinner discuss what you may have enjoyed living during the Colonial times and what you enjoy more living during the present times.
Tags
colonial america, 1700s, connecticut,
Subjects
American History, History & Culture: The Americas, Social Studies, Social Studies,