Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 8, Lesson 2: Life in New England (pp. 186-190)
I. Children in the Puritan Family
B. Puritan children were often sent away to relatives or friends to be trained in a skill.
C. Puritan children learned to read and write.
II. Puritan Family Life
B. Everyone in a Puritan family did chores.
C. Puritan families passed their land down to their sons.
D. When land was too small to give away, sons moved away.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Puritan parents raised their children strictly.
A. Almost all Puritans lived in small, wooden two-story houses.
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