named assistant governors of the new colony, and she moved among the colony’s elite for the rest of her life. Even so, her life was very difficult, especially compared with her luxurious childhood. Anne and her husband moved four times in their first
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World faced many challenges and dangers. Combine this document with any of the following resources for a lesson about childhood in the early colonial period: Life Story: Dennis and Hannah Holland, Life Story: Malitzen (La Malinche), Life Story: Kateri
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from a mother’s constant presence and attention. Invite students to read about the childhoods of Hannah Holland or Lisbeth Anthonijsen to learn about what happened to children who did not have the luxury of familial security.
Combine the image of the
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of the #MeToo movement in 2017.
Children in the New World faced many challenges and dangers. Combine this life story with any of the following resources for a lesson about the challenges of childhood in the early colonial period: Malitzen of New
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inhabited: Malitzen in the Spanish Empire and Sarah Roelfs Kierstede van Borsum in New Netherland.
Children in the New World faced many challenges and dangers. Combine this document with any of the following resources for a lesson about childhood in the
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the following resources for a lesson about childhood in the early colonial period: Life Story: Dennis and Hannah Holland, Life Story: Malitzen (La Malinche), Life Story: Kateri Tekakwitha, The Mourning Poetry of Anne Bradstreet, Life on the Encomienda
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following for a lesson about childhood in the early colonial period: Life Story: Dennis and Hannah Holland, Life Story: Malitzen (La Malinche), Life Story: Kateri Tekakwitha, The Mourning Poetry of Anne Bradstreet, Life on the Encomienda, The Middle Passage
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she was sold by her family or kidnapped, because every historical text about her life tells the story differently. But it is certain that she was enslaved at a young age and moved away from her childhood home.
As an enslaved girl, Malitzen had no
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eyesight, and poor health. Kateri was adopted by her aunt, and her childhood was typical for a young Mohawk woman. She learned how to process animal pelts and make clothing from them; weave mats, baskets, and boxes from plant fibers; and plant, tend
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These two clay pots illustrate how Zuni women participated in the cultural revival that accompanied the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. A companion art activity accompanies this resource.
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