Chapter 6: New Colonies in the New World

Activities for this chapter

• play a modified version of the stockholder's game--kids invest historical coins in three ships which are going overseas to the New World to trade, one of the ships will founder, the kids get one cookie for every coin invested in the ships that do make it back (and a half, or broken cookie for every coin they decided not to invest):

• watch videos on candle making:

• watch an example of colonial dance:

• watch video and learn how to dance The Waves of Tory:

advance 4 beats
retire 4 beats
advance 4 beats
retire 4 beats
each group of 4 puts right hand in middle and circles clockwise 8 beats
each group of 4 puts left hand in middle and circles counterclockwise 8 beats
lead couple parades up 8 beats
lead couple parades down 8 beats
lead couple starts the peel
lead couple makes a bridge and everyone else joins hands with their partner and goes under bridge
once everyone is in place, lead couple starts making the waves, under first, then over, etc., all the way to the end and back
now there is a new lead couple and the dance starts over 

• make hand-dipped candles: http://pioneerthinking.com/crafts/making-hand-dipped-candles, http://www.education.com/activity/article/dipped-candles/, http://myhealthygreenfamily.com/blog/wordpress/the-simple-art-of-making-taper-candles/, http://www.marthastewart.com/271300/dipped-candles, http://www.candletech.com/candle-making/how-to-make-hand-dipped-taper-candles/

• make modeling beeswax with the leftover wax: http://craftingagreenworld.com/2011/05/29/how-to-make-your-own-modeling-beeswax/, or lip balm: http://www.growforagecookferment.com/how-to-make-your-own-lip-balm/, or perfume: http://myhealthygreenfamily.com/blog/wordpress/diy-solid-perfume-sweet-and-sensual-vanilla-sandalwood-and-sweet-orange/, or beeswax candles in containers: http://www.diynatural.com/how-to-make-candles-natural-beeswax/, http://www.bybrittanygoldwyn.com/2015/01/how-to-make-beeswax-and-coconut-oil-candles/

What we did

Our show-and-tells, first the progress on the corset project, beautiful stiff fabric and boning:

an illustrated book on the Plymouth Plantation:

the mini earth oven:

an illustration of the global influences on Caribbean food (and a Caribbean Rice dish too):

the Caribbean Rice, Traditional Wampanoag Cornbread, and Sixteenth-Century Succotash (one of the students made Stewed Pompion too):

With much laughter we really did learn how to dance the Waves of Tory!  And we made beeswax candles.  The coffee can with melted wax was on one corner of the table and slowly the kids dipped their candles and circled around the table. 

A break in the process to show the candles as they were being made, as well as the finished experiment candle.