1. The mother was always at home to cook,clean,and sew.
2. After girls learned the horn book they would help their mother at home.
3. One of their chores was to pick apples.
4. Most people made their clothes at home.
5. Fathers would light a fire and the whole family would sit around it.
6. Richer people had bigger homes than poor people.
7. Servants slept in barns.

Send comments and inquires to the third grade teachers from Germantown Academy, Micki Vieille, Sandy Bennett, Cara Herold.

Technical assistances and design furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist, Germantown Academy.

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