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Summary and Objective
Using artifacts from the Franklin County area of Massachusetts (especially the town of Deerfield), students will understand that objects and historical documents can be used as primary sources to come to a clearer appreciation of people's lives during certain historical periods. Students will have a better understanding of what life may have been like for Indians and colonists on the "frontier" of New England.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Pre-Activity:
1. Assign each student an accession number for one of the items at left from the digital collection of the American Centuries web site. 2. Have students get on the American Centuries web site and print out all critical information on their assigned number (including label, picture and transcription).
3. Students will read about their item in class (and/or for homework) and take notes on the printed information.
Step 2.
Students will have a class discussion about their material and try to arrange themselves into "relevant" areas. (Some classes may choose to group by date, others may group by Indian, women, men, others by written document or object, or any combination of the above.)
Step 3.
Once in groups, they will discuss what they have found and why it may be important.
Step 4.
The group will form generalizations about what life may have been like for colonists and Indians during this time.
Step 5.
The class meets as a whole again to compare and contrast all the generalizations they have created. Each group appoints a representative to reveal findings to the rest of the class.
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