Colonial Era Question?

Question

I'd like to do some extra credit in my language arts class, and we are currently studying the colonial times. My teacher said she'd give me extra credit if I presented something that had to do with this era. Any ideas? It's not a project or anything, and it's nothing important or major, just a little extra credit project. What's something interesting or what should I research. My friend is finding the sports kids would play back then, and my friend brought in a few colonial recipes.

What should I bring/find out?
I was thinking about looking up the clothes and fashions, but nothing's really that interesting.

Thanks!

Answer 1

How about colonial fashion, or maybe roles of women during that time? Those are always interesting.

Answer 2

There is an excellent book by David Hackett Fischer called *Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in American*

What he does is explore how the four distinct migrations from Britain to four separate regions of colonial North America brought the cultures of the specific areas of the British Isles the came and established them in America.

For each of the four he explores a whole set of "folkways" distinctive to that group. Your friends have chosen a couple of them; there are many others you could choose from. Below is a list of the CATEGORIES he uses. You might look at one of these for ONE of the four groups, connecting it with its British roots (some of which can still be seen today) or comparing with the other groups.

The 24 categories of folkways Fischer lists:
speech, building
family, marriage, gender, sex
naming, child-rearing
age, death, religion, magic
learning (and literacy)
food, dress
sport, work, time
wealth, rank, association, order
power, freedom

Answer 3

Are we talking British colonies here? If so I was born in the (then) British colony of Nigeria - I have some memories which might be helpful and some stories of my memories there and on journeys back to England.

Answer 4

at the beginning Africa under the Sahara became backwards until eventually the Europeans arrived, they have been nonetheless hunter gatherers and Bronze age the place stepped forward. Sub Saharan Africa has Geography against it, so even the place you had civilisations prosper, like super Zimbabwe, they do no longer rub up against opposition so fade without passing their advances on or having to strengthen quicker to quit being overrun via the neighbour. additionally there became no appropriate nutrients, like Rice, Wheat or Barley that have intense dietary fee and could be farmed on a huge scale. the rationalization Europe's inhabitants is so low and spare whilst in comparison with the a techniques East is with the aid of the fact we had Wheat and Barley no longer Rice, rice may well be harvested two times even 3 times a year with extra suitable calorific yield according to harvest. Africa did no longer even have wheat or barley, additionally the river structures and jungle do no longer lend themselves to basic pass of individuals, be conscious how the Mediterranean became used as communique medium between differernt cultures. there became no analyzing and writing, so whether something became learnt it would desire to be lost, between the justifications for the renaisance became that the Literature became nonetheless around from earlier the Medieval era, hindreds of years after it became first written.

Answer 5

Demonstrate the differences between the various colonies based on their European origins and the people who subsequestly settle in each of them.

Answer 6

Why not research the effect of colonial americans on the lives
of native americans.?

Answer 7

Maybe something about newspapers? Newspapers at the time were instruments of propaganda-- every editor presented his view point...there was no un-biased news.