Meet Felicity

Felicity Merriman is a spunky, spritely girl growing up in Virginia in 1774, just before the Revolutionary War. Felicity grows impatient doing the "sitting-down kinds of things" that colonial girls are expected to do. She much prefers to be outdoors, especially riding horses! Felicity learns about loyalty and responsibility - to her family, her friends, and her country - and what it means to be truly independent.

Day One

Welcome

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Go over Reading Journal

History (NoteBook pages) (page 1-3)

Time period…1774, map…fill in NB

Spanish territory, English territory, Mississippi river, 13 colonies, Virginia (review other map)

King George III ruled

Patriots and Loyalist

Who is Felicity? (NB)

She is a colonist: one is part of a territory ruled by a leader who lives far away.

Lives in Williamsburg, Virginia ruled by King George of England.

Felicity’s World (NB): (page10-11, 14-15, 20-25)

Felicity was to learn to be a gentlewoman.

Lessons in:

sewing

serving tea

dance: minuet

music: spinet or harpsichord

penmanship/handwriting: using a hornbook and then a copybook

She was also to learn to mange a household.

Living in 1774 (NB)

Patriots: Those who thought the colonist should be independent from England.

Loyalists: those who remain loyal to the King and England.

Traitor: a person show goes against his/her country.

Gentlewoman: a polite woman who is well respected in her community.

In Felicity Day (NB)

Boston Tea Party

December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor

Midnight Ride

On the night of April 18, 1775, the Patriots watched for the lantern signal. When it came—two lanterns—they were ready. Paul Revere rode throughout the countryside, shouting, “Make haste? The regulars are coming!”

Revolution World

War between the Colonist and England

Minutemen were Patriots who promised to defend the villages in a “minute’s notice.”

Activities:

Make Apple Butter

Dress Up

Play Games

• Game of Grace
• Frog In the Middle
• Queens Anne
• Scotch-Hoppers
  
• Hide thimble

Ride Horse

Start Cross Stitch

Eat Apple Butter Snack

Day Two

• Practice quill writing in copybook with hornbook
• Design tea hat with flowers
• Play more games
• Review manners for tea
• Have a formal tea

Notebook pages found on www.homeschoolshare.com