Family life in the 1800's

My topic for WebQuest and my unit in Cathy's class is Family Life in the 1800's. This topic has always fascinated me and it will be fun to learn about it as I gather materials and create a unit to teach it to my future students. Four topics I wish to talk about/research are:
1. What family homes looked like in the 1800's. i.e. how many people were typically in a family? what were there chores? jobs?
2. What did people do for fun in the 1800's? What did they wear?
3. What types of transportation did they use and was there a lot of traveling with family members?
4. What foods were eaten? grown? and who prepared the meals?

Things I would like to put on my WebQuest that my students will create as part of this unit:
1. A play. Students will dress up as a member of a family from the 1800's and act out their role in the family and community.
2. Students will gather pictures of what life was like in the 1800's and create a podcast using Garageband.
3. Students will keep a weekly blog. They will write journal entries as if they were really the character they will be playing in the play. Posts will include what they did that day, chores, school, etc, what they ate, and where they went.
4. Students will type up invitations on the computer using pixie to draw pictures. The invitations will be to the play they will put on.

These questions are basic examples of what I want my students to understand. The more research that I find, the more information I wish to discuss.