I have some 5th Grade Social Study Questions:

How long was the school year in the 1700’s?

What were “dame schools”?

What is a hornbook?

What is a “blab school”?

What is and illumination and when would you see one?

What is a light in a window a symbol of?

What other item was made by craftsmen on their own to boycott the British?

What were the drummers and fifers known as to the miltias? Why?

Why did musicians wear different uniforms than the rest of the militia?

Why did drummers and fifers join the armies?

What toys could be made from corn?

What toys were made from animals during colonial times?

What foods were used to make toys?

What toys could be made from wood and a jackknife? List at least 6.

1.about 132 days

2.A hornbook is a book that serves as primer for study. The hornbook originated in England as long ago as 1450, or earlier.

3.a school common in the U.S. during pioneer days in which pupils study their lessons by repeating them aloud separately or in chorus until one is called forward to recite xplanation

4.Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight.

5.Placing a burning candle in one's window is a common tradition that dates back to colonial times. Candle light often evokes the warmth of home and family. ... The lit candle was also placed in the window as a sign of good news or as a beacon to weary travelers.

6.A clever scribe pens an address to the ladies extolling the benefits—both economic and amorous—of boycotting British goods. On 20 November 1767, The Townshend Acts take effect in America. Colonists must now pay duties on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea imported from Britain.

7.A drummer was responsible for the army drums for use on the battlefield. Drums were part of ... An 11-year-old drummer in the Confederate Orphan Brigade, known only as "Little Oirish", was credited with rallying ... The US Army kept drummers and fifers with the infantry, until they were finally abolished in the field in 1917.

8.o So that they could distinguash them between the soldiers and the musicians .

9.an old military tradition by using fifers and drummers to help convey their orders. Loud drums and shrill fifes could be heard for long distances or over the sounds of battle. ... These military musicians were crucial to the Army's communication.

10. Dolls and other toys that they could think of

11.In all the colonies, kids played with balls and bats and marbles and dolls. They played tag. In the south they played lawn bowling. In the north, they played shuffleboard.

12.corn,bladder of a pig could make a ball when blown up like a balloon,some vegetables,and many more.

13.Dolls,swords,wood cars,and whatever else you can think of.

imperial crisis leads to civil war.

roman forces withdraw from britain as goths attack rome.

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huns attack the empire and drive german peoples ahead of them.

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