Would you rather live now or in

Pioneer days?
Each of you must give at least 3
three reasons for you answer.
Take turns sharing your ideas.
What are some differences
between your daily life today and
that of a child in pioneer times?
Your group needs to come up
with at least 5 ideas.

Pioneers had to overcome many

difficult challenges in their lives.
Name at least three challenges
pioneers faced and what they did
to overcome them.

Id rather live in Pioneer

days..
Name

Reasons
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.

Id rather live in modern

days..
Name

Reasons
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.

Overcoming Challenges
Challenges
1.
2
3

Names:

Solution

4
5
Differences between our day and
Names:

that of pioneer children:

Pioneer Children

1.
2
3

Us Today

4
5
Toys and Games
Life wasnt all work! Pioneer
children had lots of fun, too.
Complete the Venn Diagram with
childrens games, toys, and
activities from then, now and
both times.

Sort the chores by who had to do

them.
Chores for
Chores for Pioneer
Pioneer Boys/Men
Girls/Women

Check your answers:

Boys and Men

feeding livestock (cows, goats, sheep)
-gathering firewood
-making furniture
-building fences
-cutting down trees for lumber and clearing fields
-removing stones from fields
-ploughing
-planting
-sheep shearing
-fishing (at night for larger catches like muskellunge and eel)
-hunting (all seasons)
-harvesting crops
-threshing
-digging water well
-barn-raising and house building
-slaughtering livestock
Girls and Women
-feeding chickens
-washing dishes
-setting the table
-gathering greens (summer)
-salting meat
-making candles
-drying apples
-preparing and cooking food
-childcare
-gathering eggs
-carding and spinning wool
-planting
-milking
-making butter and cheese
-making ticks and mattresses for beds
-making blankets, quilts, and warm woollen clothes

feeding livestock (cows, goats, sheep)

gathering firewood
making furniture
building fences
cutting down trees
clearing fields
removing stones from fields
ploughing
planting
sheep shearing
fishing

hunting (all seasons)

harvesting crops
digging water well
house building
feeding chickens
washing dishes
setting the table
gathering greens and plants (summer)
salting meat to preserve
making candles
drying apples
preparing and cooking food

childcare
gathering eggs
planting vegetable garden
milking the cows
making butter and cheese
making feather mattresses for beds
making blankets and wool clothes