Synopsis of Educational Stations
House Station and GardenGoal: Students will experience daily house and garden routines of a 30s farm family, including pre-electrical activities.Activities: Churning milk for butter, wood stove for cooking, preserving foods, washing clothes with wash pot, making apple butter or sassafras tea or wild greens, and garden activities. |
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Barn and Barnyard StationGoal: Students will learn the importance of barns and other barnyard buildings, and the animals that are common to the barnyard.Activities: Milking a cow, shelling corn, viewing hay, petting barnyard animals, and gathering eggs. Feeding baby calves Elsie and Isabelle. (Wash hands after animal contact.) |
Woods StationGoal: Students will learn the importance of trees and wood areas to supply the needs of early North Alabama farmers.Activities: Tree identification, learn importance of wood resources, show animal resources and trapping demonstration, using dated tools such as cross-cut saws, wedge and froe, etc.. Also, students will actually split rails and stack them to construct a fence. |
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Work Animals StationGoal: Present working animals which were used for transportation and work prior to tractors and automobiles.Activities: Learn about horses, mules, and oxen. Feel the difference between surrey rides and working wagon rides, and sit in saddles on mounted board frame. |
Field StationGoal: Students will learn the importance of field crops in sustaining the farm family.Activities: Ride on hay wagon, pick crops, such as corn, cotton and pumpkins; digging sweet potatoes in Fall; watch plowing with a mule; and participate in planting or harvesting crops depending on season. |
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