Name | Theme | Activity | Task/Link | Exchange | 8th Grade | 3rd Grade |
Loop 1: The Village | ||||||
Library | Reading and access to books; writing about childhood | Discuss two centuries of town library; Skit based on G. W. Frosst's adventures | Return library book/ pay for card; Explain GWF left SB at 19, 1 year later Young born across street | Pay 5 cents for one week's use of library | 6 | 2 |
Young House (Part 1) | Family life in 1850s; Young friendship | Meet Young family (4 characters) and young Jewett c. 1856; Skit about play and household chores, friendship | None | 4 | 2 | |
Young House (Part 2) | Enduring friendship; Neighborhood changes | Skit based on story of fire of 1870 told by Young and Jewett, c. 1885, demonstrating enduring friendship | Shell peas on porch to preserve them for winter; Show photo of SOJ as girl, compare to Brookings | Earn 10 cents for chore | 4 | 0 |
Brookings Photo Studio | Continutiy of identity; Techological change | Learn about early photo studios, have class photo taken the old-fashioned way | Have a class portrait taken | Pay 10 cents for portrait | 4 | 2 |
Newichawanick Hall | Entertainment | Learn about varied activities that took place here. | Watch the show! | Pay 10 cents admission | 10+ | 4 |
McIntire Hardware Store | Commerce | Shop in the hardware store | Weigh and measure nails; sweep store | Earn 10 cents for work | 6 | 2 |
Raynes School | Education | Participate in 1880s school lessons | Recite lesson for Miss Raynes; do math on slates; stack wood for stove; fetch water "from the well"for teapot | Get bill for next term | 6 | 2 |
Jewett-Eastman House | Family life; Childhood in 1850s | Read "Katy's Birthday" by SOJ | Deliver basket of tarts to Aunt Phebe | None | 6 | 2 |
Jewett House | Local author's childhood | Tour SOJ House and find items linked to story | Deliver book to Library | Earn 10 cents for chore | 6 | 2 |
Quamphegan Park | Leisure and recreation | Experience an old-fashioned amusement park | Bicycle demo; Silent movie; Penny arcade; Picnic games (sack race, egg race); pay for ticket | Buy trolley ticket 5 cents each child | 20 | 4 |
Swasey House (PRE-K and KINDERGARTEN) |
Family life a century ago; Children's chores at home | Meet Swasey family (6, including 2 sons, 1 daughter age 4) and Knight family (4), Three stations: chicken pen, play yard, and packing for summer | Feed chickens; play hopscotch or kick the can with Cora; sample pickles and pack trunk for QP with Mrs. Swasey | NA | 6 | 2 |
Loop 2: The Point | ||||||
Soucy House | Immigration, Interdependence, Ethnicity | Learn about contribution of children to household (work, chores); learn French words; laundry relay game | Deliver clean apron from Philomene Soucy to Patrick Cauley | NA | 6 | 2 |
Cauley Confectionery | Immigration, Interdependence, Commerce | Skit about multi-generations in one home, home-based business; sample fudge | Order beans and brown bread for Delia Cauley from Joseph Roberge | NA | 6 | 2 |
Roberge Bakery | Commerce, Interdependence, Labor | Skit or activity about family business, role of bakery in community, children's work; help to knead bread or cut cookie dough; sample donuts | Deliver bread to boarding house | NA | 6 | 2 |
Provensal Store | Immigration, Commerce, Local economy | Skit about mill workers shopping for summer hats | Get measured for a new hat | NA | 6 | 0 |
Mill: Making Cloth | Production, Factory system, Regulation of time, Technology | Learn about stages of cloth production (bale to bolt) from the overseer and pickers; watch weaving demonstration | Ring the mill bell; deliver a message from overseer to spinning room | NA | 6 | 2 |
Mill: Factory Work | Labor, Working conditions | Meet mill girls in spinning room; learn about work conditions and job of doffer; race to fill bobbin reel. | Deliver message to boarding house owner | NA | 8 | 2 |
Salmon Falls Village | Local economy, Industrialization, Built Environment | Tour of the town with local characters: agent's wife (Mrs. Brown); firemen; farmer; banker; Dr. Nutter | Ask directions to boarding house | NA | 8 | 0 |
Boarding House | Worker's living conditions, Regulation of time, Family life | Skit about boarding house life by owner, kitchen workers, hired hand; race to set table for supper | Get to work in the mill on time | NA | 6 | 0 |