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Summary and Objective
The students will examine two estate inventories and compare and contrast the differences in household possessions from the late 1600's to mid 1700's. By comparing two estate inventories, students will understand that the availability of goods in Colonial America increased between the late 1600's and the middle 1700's. As settlements grew, so did people's desire and ability to attain material possessions.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Show the original (copies) documents of the two estate inventories.
Step 2.
Explain why people would have recorded this information and how the list usually included all of their possesions.
Step 3.
Show the text version of the same inventories and allow children time to search for familiar items.
Step 4.
Create a large Venn Diagram on the floor with yarn.
Step 5.
Give students color coded cards of the same items. (Make these ahead. One color for each estate, one item per card. Like items on the second inventory could be grouped together to simplify the list. With younger children, a picture could be added.)
Step 6.
Have students discuss items and sort on the Venn, noticing which things existed in both households and which things were only in one of the inventories.
Step 7.
Discuss why people would have had more things 70 years later and the significance of those items.
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