TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Growing Up in a New World 5 IN THEIR OWN WORDS Pocahontas 8 CHAPTER 2 Schoolchildren of New England 11 CHAPTER 3 On the Farm 17 IN THEIR OWN WORDS Mary Jemison 22 CHAPTER 4 Working to Live 25 CHAPTER 5 Joining a Trade 31 CHAPTER 6 Children at Play 37 CHAPTER 7 A Changing View of Childhood 43 Focus on Children in Colonial America 46 Glossary 47 To Learn More 48 Index 48
CHAPTER 1 GROWING UP IN A NEW WORLD In September 1620 a small wooden ship called the Mayflower set off from England with 102 people on board Among them were more than 30 children After 66 days of storms and seasickness the Mayflower finally reached North America The travelers also known as Pilgrims landed in what later became the state of Massachusetts They named their settlement Plymouth after the town they had left in England Rough waves caused one Mayflower traveler to fall overboard during a storm 5
