Colonial America – Pt 3 – Finished Building

Today is a big day in New Foursten. Our colony is almost fully built. It took long days and hard work but we pulled through are almost finished. Katherine helped her father, John plant the crops and straighten the fence on their farm, this morning, while the others built their homes and shops. I built my office and with the help of John, my house.

New Foursten is big. We have an ocean near by and PLENTY of land for the children to play on and for Luke to hunt.

I read in the paper that there may be a storm approaching. I hope it doesn’t hit us hard because it could ruin our colony. Then we would have to rebuild everything!

I feel very bad for Katherine. She doesn’t have time to make new friends. Or well, the other kids don’t have time to make friends with her. The other girls are cooking with their mothers, the other boys are building with their fathers. She has no mother and John is building so I am taking care of her.

Colonial America – pt 2 – Persona

In class we are doing Colonial America. I am a doctor named Dayna Bone. I am 19 years old and now, an only child. Growing up my parents thought that they should slap my wrists when I did bad things. I needed to bandage my bruises from being hit, that is how I learned about medical things. I tried to stay out of the house as much as possible. When I left the house I would work with sick people and learn methods doctors use. As you could probably tell, I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. One day I came home to my parents very angry and upset. My 2 year old brother, David, who got ALL of the attention, had just passed away from Scarlet Fever. Of course my parents blamed me. They thought I had to have given it to poor David since I was always with sick people. I hadn’t done anything. I never worked with anyone who had Scarlet Fever.

When I was home, I would play with my dog. My parents hated all animals so when I found an adorable stray puppy I hid it in a box behind the sink, this was a place my parents rarely went. I decided to name my dog Lady. I named her after an old women that I met while working one day. She didn’t tell me her real name, when I asked she said “Call me Lady” I thought it seemed rude but she was happy with it, so that’s what I called her. The next time I went to visit her she wasn’t there. As I left a young man told me that she was his grandma and she went back home. That was the end of Lady.

When I heard that a boat was leaving England I signed up right away. I needed to get far away from my family. Although England will always be home, starting a new colony seemed much more exciting. I mean, England was so boring. Nothing exciting ever happened. I can’t wait to know what life in the new colony will be like! In my colony I think that my doctor skills will really pay off. People always get Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever and many other contagious diseases. Being a doctor in a colony would also be fun. I get to help people, which I’ve always wanted to do.

Colonial America – pt 1 – Overview

In class we are doing a project on Colonial America. Our teacher is letting us lead the project. She isn’t telling us what to do, instead she is guiding us. We are separated into groups of 7 or 8. It is hard to be in groups with so many people. Sometimes we struggle with agreeing on everything. In each group we have our own jobs, I am a doctor. In my colony we have a trader, a farmer, a cartographer, a governor, a governor’s apprentice, a child and a blacksmith. After doing research on our jobs we will build a colony. My colony is in the Middle colonies. We have four seasons because we are near New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Our colony is called New Foursten. I can’t wait to build our colony!