Multiple Perspectives on Colonial Life: Women, Landowners, and Indentured Servants

Life, Labor, and Society in Colonial America

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Analyze primary accounts to compare the daily labor, legal rights, and living conditions of wealthy landowners, women, and indentured servants.

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Life, Labor, and Society in Colonial America

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Analyze the diverse social groups, labor systems, economic roles, and cultural interactions that shaped colonial life and left lasting impacts on American society.

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U.S. I Standard 2.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will use primary sources as evidence to contrast the daily life and contexts of individuals of various classes and conditions in and near the English colonies, such as gentry, planters, women, indentured servants, African slaves, landowners, and American Indians.