A Victorian Farm House by Maggie Bateson and Herman Lelie. Ask students how early colonists might have built their home differently. Using a Venn Diagram, compare and contrast the similarities and differences. Discuss the number of rooms and the need for these rooms reflecting the period in history. Have students write the impressions that a small child during colonial Maryland might have about the environment that they might find themselves in.
Different groups can select the age of the child.
Construct a Venn Diagram showing the differences between children's lives today and the lives of colonial children. Be sure to include chores, amusement, and education. Have students individually write down choices that they have had to make in their daily lives. Ask if choices have impacted on them in their lifetime and have the students explain how these decision may have affected their lives. Explain that the ecosystem farm that they will see is the result of building on lessons from history, and making choices throughout our lives.