The lives of Pilgrim children in the 1600s-1700s were very difficult compared to modern children. Pilgrim children had to work hard from a young age, completing chores like chopping wood and caring for animals. They also had very strict rules, like not being allowed to speak unless spoken to by an adult. Pilgrim children did not have many toys or private bedrooms. Mealtimes were especially difficult, as children had to stand and eat with their hands what was given to them without complaining. Today's children have it much easier in comparison with things like toys, private space, and not needing to do hard physical labor from a young age.
The lives of Pilgrim children in the 1600s-1700s were very difficult compared to modern children. Pilgrim children had to work hard from a young age, completing chores like chopping wood and caring for animals. They also had very strict rules, like not being allowed to speak unless spoken to by an adult. Pilgrim children did not have many toys or private bedrooms. Mealtimes were especially difficult, as children had to stand and eat with their hands what was given to them without complaining. Today's children have it much easier in comparison with things like toys, private space, and not needing to do hard physical labor from a young age.
The lives of Pilgrim children in the 1600s-1700s were very difficult compared to modern children. Pilgrim children had to work hard from a young age, completing chores like chopping wood and caring for animals. They also had very strict rules, like not being allowed to speak unless spoken to by an adult. Pilgrim children did not have many toys or private bedrooms. Mealtimes were especially difficult, as children had to stand and eat with their hands what was given to them without complaining. Today's children have it much easier in comparison with things like toys, private space, and not needing to do hard physical labor from a young age.
The lives of Pilgrim children in the 1600s-1700s were very difficult compared to modern children. Pilgrim children had to work hard from a young age, completing chores like chopping wood and caring for animals. They also had very strict rules, like not being allowed to speak unless spoken to by an adult. Pilgrim children did not have many toys or private bedrooms. Mealtimes were especially difficult, as children had to stand and eat with their hands what was given to them without complaining. Today's children have it much easier in comparison with things like toys, private space, and not needing to do hard physical labor from a young age.
And You Think Your Mom Is Strict! Back then, there were almost no books for children.
When By Mary Rose they learned to read, it had to be from the Bible of from book of morals. The Pilgrims could not have imagined letting children read You have probably already read a little about the Pilgrims about talking stuffed animal or aliens from another planet. who came to America in the 1600s and 1700s. Did you ever read about the Pilgrim children? Well their life was pretty tough. In addition The next time your mom asks you to clean your room or put to not having CD players, video games, movies or any TV, they also away your many possessions, think of this story. your mom might be had to work. They had to do real, physical work like chopping wood, strict, but she is nothing like a Pilgrim parents! cooking and baking, sewing clothes by hand, working in the garden, List four ways you can compare and contrast your life to the lives of shovelling out the barns, and taking care of animals. And they had to Pilgrim children. walk everywhere they went. Be sure that each time you answer, you are comparing the same The Pilgrims had very strict beliefs about children and their subject. place in the family. Most of the time they were not allowed to speak 1. ________________________________________________________________ unless an adult talked to them first. They were not allowed to be ________________________________________________________________ around whenever anyone came to their house for a visit, and if they did make an appearance, it was for a very short time and they had ________________________________________________________________ to be very polite. Most of you have a private room full of toys. The ________________________________________________________________ Pilgrim children didn’t really own anything at all. They had very few 2. ________________________________________________________________ toys, mostly made from wood or cloth scraps found around the house. They didn’t have their own bedrooms, but instead slept in the family ________________________________________________________________ gathering room or a loft. If there was a church or town event, children ________________________________________________________________ might be allowed to play games or dance, but usually they were ________________________________________________________________ expected to work most of the time, just as the adults did. 3. ________________________________________________________________ But mealtime had to be the worst! The Pilgrims did not have ________________________________________________________________ things like refrigeration and did not know very much about their sanitary. They have to carry the water to the house in a bucket. ________________________________________________________________ Pilgrims were especially strict during melas. Children usually had to ________________________________________________________________ stand at the table, while the adults sat down to eat. Young people 4. ________________________________________________________________ had to eat what was put before them without complaining and without reaching to get it themselves. Quite often, the children didn’t ________________________________________________________________ have plates but shared a wooden plate with another family member ________________________________________________________________ and they eat with their bare hands. ________________________________________________________________
