Assignment #3: Colonial House - engine of souls

Date: Sep 20, 2007

Assignment #3: Colonial House

Date: Sep 20, 2007

1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family. she serve the governer just like her brother.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England. He work loyally alongside other servent of the house.
1. The program was down from generation to generation.
2.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family. she serve the governer just like her brother.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England. He work loyally alongside other servent of the house.
1. The program was down from generation to generation.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

mre wrote:
1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family. she serve the governer just like her brother.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England. He work loyally alongside other servent of the house.
1. The program was down from generation to generation.
2.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

Daquan wrote:

1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family. she serve the governer just like her brother.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England. He work loyally alongside other servent of the house.
1. It has been told that Passamaquoddy and penobscot relationship with the English exscited as a mutual relationship from 1624 to 1630. Although some natives have differing viewpoints, it was important to show the humanness in our interactions and my tribe people as a very hospitable people.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

(1) Meet the Colonists

1. Jeff Wyers is 42 years old and is from Texas. He was the Governor of the Colony.

2.     Tammy Wyers is 44 years old and is also from Texas. Tammy Wyers was a homemaker in 2003. She is the Governors wife.
3.     Don Heinz is 63 years old and is from California. He is a professor of religious studies from California and ordained Lutheran minister.
4.     Carolyn Heinz is 63 Years old and is from California. She is a professor of Anthropology in the modern world
5.     Henry The Dog is 5 years old and is from New York. Henry is a Terrier mutt, he came from an animal shelter in Houston, Texas
(2)   Behind The Scenes
1.     At Plimoth Plantation, their work has been to recreate one of these early colonial settlements. By Stuart Bolton
2.     It has been told that Passamaquoddy and Penobscot relationships with the English existed as a mutual relationship from 1624 to 1630. By John Bear Mitchell
3.     In January 2003, we had a meeting, at Thirteen/WNET New York, of the production team and a group of historical advisors, experts in all aspects of early European settlement of America. By Emerson Tad Baker
4.     The COLONIAL HOUSE project kept many of us at Plimoth Plantation busy, creating a colonial environment into which unsuspecting participants would soon arrive. By Liz Lodge
5.     My involvement as a consultant for COLONIAL HOUSE came about because of my dual vocation as a historian of American religion and a Christian minister. By Charles Hambrick
(3)   Interactive History
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Date: Sep 21, 2007

Assignment: Complete two of the following four assignments:

1) Meet the Colonists - Read each colonist's reflections and profile. Vividly describe five of the colonists in your own words.

1- Jeff Wyers. He was a 45year old man from Texas. Jeff was a southern Baptist minister. His reflections said that he was proud of the colonists and what they accomplished.

2- Tammy Wyers. Tammy was a homemaker in 2003 and she was Jeff Wyers wife. Her reflections on the colonies were that she enjoyed being a colonist and all the other colonists were actually her friends.

3- Bethany Wyers, was also a colonist. She was a 20year old college student and the oldest child in her family. Her reflections on being a colonist were she thought it was tough, but at the end of the day, she was proud of what she did and didnt mind being a colonist.

4- Amy Wyers. She was a 16year old and her reflections were she enjoyed being there and she actually enjoyed being away from the modern day TV.

5- David Wyers. He was 9years old and his reflections on living as a colonist were that he thought hed miss being home. But, he enjoyed it also.

2) Behind the Scenes Describe how the program was created. Use five stories to highlight your answer (then and now).

The program was created to show people what its like to live like colonists.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

Plimoth Plantation served as a major historical consultant to the COLONIAL HOUSE production in many of our areas of expertise. As a member of the museum's historical carpentry program, my particular responsibility was to design and oversee the creation of the buildings for the Colony. This work began, as it had done in actual colonizing efforts, with negotiations over scope and resources. Museum Programs Director Liz Lodge and I conferred with the show's producers on how many people and how many buildings could be accommodated within the program's resources, just as early colonists negotiated with their financial backers.

Once we had settled on the scale of the settlement, initially four dwellings and two sheds, I needed to place it on the site chosen by the production crew on the far eastern coast of Maine. I drew from Plimoth Plantation's research on the layout of many early settlements. One in particular seemed appropriate: the French settlement of St. Croix, established in 1604. Not only did the cross street layout create the compact village we wanted, but the colony had been located just up the Maine coast from our intended site. With the number and disposition of the buildings resolved, we began the work of construction.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

1)
·        Clare "Gindy" Samuels is 27 years old, she was from England.
·        Julia Friese is 25 years old and she was from Pennsylvania.
·        John Voorhees is 37 years old and she was from Massachusetts, he grew up in a reservation.
·        Chloe the dog is 7 years old and she was from Massachusetts, Chloe was part of the Voorhees family.
·        Danny Tisdale is 45 years old; hes from New York. Danny is a visual artist

4) Cant see the videos & dont know why!!

Date: Sep 21, 2007

1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family. she serve the governer just like her brother.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England. He work loyally alongside other servent of the house.
1. The program was down from generation to generation.
2.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

9-17-07

Colonial House

Meet the Colonists:

JEFF WYERS A businessman who was the governor of the colony and a wealthy man.

CHLOE the dog This dog is seven years old, likes to swim, bark at people who wear 21^st century clothing, and hates kids.

HENRY the dog This dog is 5 years old likes attention and food scraps, but doesnt like porcupines.

DANNY TISDALE He is an African American sailor and the oldest freeman making him the head of the freemens household.

MICHELLE ROSSI-VOORHEES She is an average adventurer and a skilled cook.

Behind the Scenes:
The Native American Story By John Bear Mitchell he was a Native American who researched the era to help out the colonists and natives from the Penobscot, Wampanoag, and Passamaquoddy.
The Training By Liz Lodge Spring 2003 17 would-be colonists were sent to Plymouth Plantation for extensive training.
Building the Colony By Stuart Bolton the job was to recreate an early English colonist settlement.
Religion on the Colony By Charles Hambrick-Stowe It is about how religion affected a 17^th century settlement for the colonists.

The Longest Day By Kari Lia Wallerstein it is about the day the Wampanoag tribe came to the settlement to work with the colonists.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

Craig Tuminaro A curator and part-time graduate student from Virginia, Craig Tuminaro is indentured to the Company, living in the Voorhees' house. Although he arrived halfway through the project, he quickly transitioned into a 17th-century workhorse, laboring tirelessly on the Colony's building projects, including spar (ship mast) production and other profit-making ventures.

Chloe the dog Chloe is part of the Voorhees family. She is a seven-year-old mutt and came from Nebraska via the Northeast Animal shelter in Salem, Massachusetts. Chloe was feeling a mid-life crisis coming on and felt the need to broaden her horizons with an adventure. She also heard there was the possibility of other single dogs being involved in the project, and was interested in meeting someone. Most of her days were spent patrolling the property

Paul Hunt
Paul Hunt is a laborer from Manchester, England. On the Colony he was a servant to the Governor and his family. Paul worked loyally alongside the other servants in the house, endlessly chopping wood, fetching water, and taking care of the pigs.

David Wyers David Wyers, nine years old when he lived in the Colony, is the youngest child of the Governor's family.

Jeff Lin Jeff Lin, a software engineer from Minnesota, arrived halfway through the project to become a servant indentured to the Company, living in the Voorhees' house. He is a hard worker and his labor, together with that of the other male servants and freemen of the Colony, provided the foundations of the building of the Colony. A fiddle player, Jeff often entertained the Colony.

Henry the dog Henry is a terrier mutt. He is five years old, and came from an animal shelter in Houston, Texas. The opportunity of unlimited squirrel chasing convinced him to join Don Wood on the Colony. On the Colony, he spent his days sleeping in the sun and chasing rabbits. In the 21st century, Henry likes riding in the car, going on walks, and getting attention.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

1- Jeff Wyers, was a merchant fro Bristol and the Governor of the Colony. Because of his influence and his expertise as a merchant and his status and traditional values he would be the perfect candidate to be a good governor.

Don Heinz, was the religious leader and was choose by the company. Because he is elder he is know as the Wise Elder. He had also studied in Oxford University and hence he was also appointed to be the office of Assistant, offering advice to the Governor in matters of importance.

John Voorhes is an ex soldier having previously fought in the Continent, comes from a rural village of England called Worcestershire having later moved to Bristol. Having heard the fisherman and other people who had previously been in the New World and having learned that the Company was looking for settlers for the new colony they didnt waste time in packing their things in order to fulfill their dreams of a better life.

Craig Tuminaro, is another person who wants to run away from England s depressive economy and having heard about Virginia before he too wants to go and live in the New World. Having done a series of odd jobs he always had an interest in constructing even knowing that he has little experience in carpentry and he knows that is going to be plenty of jobs in construction in the New World.

Dominic Muir is a man of privilege back in England since his family is extremely respected and he also studied at the prestigious school of Eton College.
Having learned he will not inherit his family real estate he decides to invest in the Company and becomes a colonist in the hope he finds adventure and wealth.

Don Wood, is single carpenter and tradesman from County of Avon who served Sir Ferdinando Cortes (a powerful and major investor of the Colonial House Company) and because of this connection he was a granted place in the Colony.

2- This program was created on a basis to experience the building process from the perspective of the early colonists, starting with an isolated piece of coastline and constructing a village using the existing resources.

1^st story: David Wyers, nine years old when he lived in the Colony, is the youngest child of the Governor's family.

The Company has recruited Jeff, a Bristol merchant on the rise, to be the Governor of the Colony.
While Jeff oversees the family business, Tammy oversees the children, Bethany, Amy, and David, taking great pains to see they are properly educated (). -Then

"I thought I would really be bored in the Colony without modern toys and entertainment. But when I got there I found all kinds of neat things to do. My friends and I went exploring every day and had adventures ().- Now

2^nd story: Jonathon Allen is a graduate student from South Carolina. He lived with the Heinz couple as their only indentured servant.

() I had not the vaguest idea of how much labor, strength, perseverance, determination, and focus was required to not only make your Colony successful and eventually thriving, but to simply survive as an individual and not be inundated by the many impasses, hardships, and setbacks that gripped early colonial settlers after venturing to the New World." Now

Jonathon is of sturdy yeoman stock. He proved to be a good student in school, so his father stretched family resources to send him off to Oxford to study-the first member of his family to do so. Unfortunately, his father died during his first term at university, leaving his family in greatly reduced circumstances, so he was forced to leave. Not long after leaving university he nearly died from a serious illness. So in a brief span of time, Jonathon saw his prospects for a bright future rapidly diminish. Fortunately, he regained his health and shortly after learned that a parish minister and his wife, Don and Carolyn Heinz, were getting ready to depart for New England and were in need of a servant. Though at one time it might have been beneath him, he agreed to indenture himself for seven years to the Heinz, in return for their paying for his passage to New England and for the prospect of owning land at the end of his term of service. () Then

3^rd story:
Giacomo Voorhees is 11 years old. He and his family represent the bulk of early colonists: skilled, middle-class adventurers seeking opportunity in a new world. They are from Massachusetts.

"I think my biggest challenge was having to live on a very limited diet, although my mom is an excellent cook which helped me cope with it somewhat. Unlike most of my fellow colonists, I liked the clothes and I'm still trying to convince my mom to let me wear them to school. Work was hard, but oftentimes rewarding. I also enjoyed working with the animals, which was usually quite amusing. ()-Now

As a young married couple, John and Michelle left their rural village in Worcestershire with their son Giacomo, seeking a way out of the rural poverty that gripped many English families.-Then

4^th story: Jeff Lin, software engineer from Minnesota, arrived halfway through the project to become a servant indentured to the Company, living in the Voorhees' house.

"In our modern lives, we are surrounded by stimuli that grab our attention and occupy our minds. On the Colony we were deprived of any modern entertainment, so in our free time we engaged with each other one human being to another. Human interaction builds strong relationships, which leads to respect for one another. With so many people in the village, there was no way that all the colonists would necessarily be best friends with one another, but at the least we would find ways to respect and admire each other. ()-Now

The merchant Jeffrey works for provides provisions for the colony and is also a shareholder in the Colonial House Company. Jeffrey has heard of the need for workers in New England and is willing to leave behind his parents and his sister, for the lure of the adventure and the promise of opportunity.

He signs an indenture to work for the Colonial House Company for the term of seven years and will answer to the Governor. (..)-Then

5^th story: Danny Tisdale is a visual artist teaching at a high school in New York City. He is also the publisher of HARLEM WORLD magazine. On the Colony, he is a freeman; as the oldest freeman, he is head of the freemen's household.

()I better understand that democracy is not guaranteed, and that my participation is required to keep and enhance it; for me this is one of the greatest gifts of the project."-Now

Dan has been able to use his savings to furnish and prepare a household with the hopes of marrying in the New World. Until this happens, he will share his household with the other single men of the Colony-Don and Dominic. As their elder, he will be an authority in the household, helping to keep the younger single men in line. (..)

My first option was to take the quiz to see how long would I last in the colonyNeedless to say I wouldnt last at all because and according to the quiz: You are hopelessly trapped in the 21st century. Colonial life would not suit you. But look on the bright side: You smell much better than the colonists did.

Then I took the option that allowed me to dress like 1628 colonist.again I failed in most every option

I like these activities because it kind of forces you to think as if you lived at that time and put your ideas in some sort of perspective.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

Chloe- is a seven-year-old dog from Nebraska.
She is to patrol the land, and bark at anything that came near the yard.

Henry the dog- is a terrier mutt. He is five years old, and is from Houston Texas. As chasing rabbits.

Paul Hunt-is a laborer from Manchester, England. On the Colony he was a servant to the Governor and his family. Paul worked loyally alongside the other servants in the house, endlessly chopping wood, fetching water, and taking care of the pigs.

Clare "Gindy" Samuels, from England, joined the Colony with the new arrivals halfway through the project, and went to work for the governor as an indentured servant.

Don Heinz, a professor of religious studies from California and an ordained Lutheran minister, was the lay preacher and also Assistant Governor of the Colony.

Date: Sep 21, 2007

1.) Amy Wyers age 17 and from Texas she was pretending to be the middle child of the governors family she liked being away from technology and liked the quiet time she spend with her friends talking and laughing.

2.) Bethany Wyers age 20 and from Texas pretending to be the oldest child of the governors family. She liked working during the day in the colony even though it was very hard and tough but while going to sleep she felt a satisfaction of her accomplishment.

3.) Paul Hunt age 26 from Manchester, England. In the colony he was the governors servant. The part that was hard for him was that he had to go to the woods six times a day to get wood.\

4.) Giacomo Voorhees age 11 from Massachusetts. His family represented the bulk of early colonists skilled, middle-class. He enjoyed working with the animals and really liked the clothes he had to wear and wanted to wear them when he got back.

5.) Henry the dog age 5 from New York.His favorite part of the experience was the table scraps

Date: Sep 24, 2007

1.) Amy Wyers age 17 and from Texas she was pretending to be the middle child of the governors family she liked being away from technology and liked the quiet time she spend with her friends talking and laughing.

2.) Bethany Wyers age 20 and from Texas pretending to be the oldest child of the governors family. She liked working during the day in the colony even though it was very hard and tough but while going to sleep she felt a satisfaction of her accomplishment.

3.) Paul Hunt age 26 from Manchester, England. In the colony he was the governors servant. The part that was hard for him was that he had to go to the woods six times a day to get wood.\

4.) Giacomo Voorhees age 11 from Massachusetts. His family represented the bulk of early colonists skilled, middle-class. He enjoyed working with the animals and really liked the clothes he had to wear and wanted to wear them when he got back.

5.) Henry the dog age 5 from New York.His favorite part of the experience was the table scraps

Date: Sep 25, 2007

Obviously this doesn't count, Larry. Did you think I wouldn't notice that you COPIED the post directly above yours? C'mon.

Date: Oct 5, 2007

1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England.

Date: Oct 11, 2007

larry pina wrote:

1. Jeff wyer is 45 years old from texas. He governer of Texas.
2. David wyer is 9 years old from texas. He work for the governer and live in his house to serve him
3. Amy wyner is 17 years old from texas. she the middle oldest of the governer family.
4. Julia friese is 25 years old from pennsylvanna. she educate children at a children musem. she gave up her independent life to teach the children.
5. Paul hunt is 26 years old from manchester, England. He's a laberor from England.

This is also copied. Do your own work.