ROF: characters

1. What jobs might certain family members do?

· Women and girls

a. Serve food

b. Laundry

c. Wash dishes

d. Clean

e. Cook

f. Iron

· Men and boys

a. Build

b. Work in the business

c. Chop wood

d. Manage money (did they have money?)

e. Take care of animals

What words describe personality?

· Funny

· classy

· inspirational

· loving

· shy

What leisure activities might people be involved in?

· going to the pub/hanging out with friends

· horse racing

· carpentry: build things

· games: lawn bowling (?), cards, dice, billiards (pool)

· dancing

· storytelling

· hunting

What interesting past experiences might your characters have had?

· Bit by a dog

· Practicing horseback riding

· Fell off a horse and broke both of their arms

· Both parents passed away because they were sick

· Mother was injured by a horse

· Father died (ran over by a horse)

· Coming from Britain to live in Boston

· Birth of a new baby

· How a person became a merchant/business worker