PONDER THIS - A FOLLOW-UP BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITY
BREAKING DOWN FENCES - REVEALING THE PAST
WORKSHEET #1
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On a separate sheet of lined paper, collectively answer the following questions:
(1) Why might wooden fences have been used during the early 17
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century, when
European settlers first arrived to the New Haven colony?
(2) Who may have benefited most from using wooden fences? Explain.
(3) In view of the change in population between the mid-1700s to the early 1800s, stone
fences became popular and widely used? Why might that have happened?
(4) Who may have benefited from the use of stone fences? Explain.
(5) By the early to mid 19
th
century into the early 19
th
century, wrought iron fences
became popular. Why might this trend have occurred?
(6) Who do you think benefited most from the use of wrought fences? Explain.
PONDER THIS - BRAINSTORMING SHEET FOR FOLLOW-UP JOURNAL WRITING ACTIVITY
BREAKING DOWN FENCES - REVEALING THE PAST
WORKSHEET #2
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(1) What were possible challenges faced by farmers, apprentices, and wandering
laborers in the creation of fences?
(2) What advantages might farmers, apprentices and wandering laborers have as
opposed to indentured servants and African slaves? Explain.
(3) What were possible challenges faced by indentured servants and African slaves?
Were their challenges different? Similar? Explain.
(4) How did farmers, apprentices, and wandering laborers benefit from their
hard work?
(5) Did indentured servants and slaves benefit from their labor? Explain.
(6) How did each of these groups of individuals contribute to their New Haven
community? Society overall? Explain.
