Conceptual elements:
 time line
 inventory
 primary institutions as nodes on the time line
 see, hear, smell, touch

Basic questions:
 How did people live?
 What did they do?
 What did they wear, eat, read, use?
 Where did these things come from?
 How did these things get to them?
 
Primary Institutions in 1690:
oRoads, Paths, Rivers
 Indian routes
 Animal routes
 River paths
 Early roads/routes
 The lay of the land

oFarm
 homestead
 cabin and "patch"
 Indian fields
 Glebe
 commercial plantation
 manor plantation

oHouse
 camp/shelter
 cabin
 house
 manor
 Indian hogan

oStore
 warehouse
 dock shed
 sheltered camp
 shop

oChurch
 Anglican
 Puritan/Congregationalist
 Baptist
 Quaker
 French Calvinist/Hugenot
 Jewish
 Catholic

oSchool
 School vs. schooling
 Religious instruction
 Home schools
 Plantation schools

oCourt/courthouse
 colonial government
 parish vs. county system
 court and vestry
 back country vs low country