Traveling Trunk

Lives of Backcountry Children Traveling Trunk

Grade Level:
Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Subject:
Social Studies
State Standards:
K..H, 1.H, 1.G., 1.E, 1.CG, 2.H.1, 2.G, 2.E, 2.CG, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 8.1

The Lives of Backcountry Children trunk is designed to enrich your students' studies of the daily life of frontier boys and girls in the 18th century. The lesson plans and activities can be used as pre-visit or post-visit activities for a field trip to the park or as standalone activities. Along with lesson plans and activities some items include:

  • Set of boys’ and girls’ clothes
  • Haversack
  • Eating utensils set
  • Colonial coins
  • Soap
  • Bone handled toothbrush
  • Slate board and pencil
  • The New England Prime pamphlet
  • Clay marbles
  • Cup and ball game
  • Tin cup and plate
  • Candle and Candle pan
  • “Emma” doll

Materials

These lesson plans and activities accompany the Traveling Trunk.

Download Lives of Backcountry Children Lessons and Activities

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Last updated: June 7, 2022