Putting It All Together The following activities help students
better understand the experiences of early settlers and the
importance of their settlements. Activity 1: Living in Frederica
Have the students pretend they are original settlers practicing
a particular trade or craft in Frederica. Then have each student
write a letter describing the fort and town of Frederica to a
friend or family member still in Great Britain. Ask them to
include a description of daily life in their first palmetto
bower house and then in their permanent house, the hardships and
challenges they encountered, and their feelings and emotions
during and after their ocean voyage. Have the students close
their letters with statements about their familys satisfaction
or unhappiness at their venture in the New World and their
intention of either returning to Britain or staying in America.
Read several of the letters to the class and then hold a general
class discussion about what it may have been like to be early
settlers in America. Acti