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The World of Stonehenge - 1

3/31/2021

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Neil Oliver explores the world of Ancient Britain, kicking off his series, with the Age of Ice.  He explores the world of the ice age, discovering the remains of the people who lived during that period.

The series opens with an archeological site in Wales: Footprints of ancient man.  Then Neil explores the nomadic hunter-gatherers and the stories of survival.  He then looks to the bones of our ancestors to explain the history.

Reverend William Buckland went down a cliff to explore a cave.  He thought the cave contained artifacts from the Flood.  He carefully documented his discovery of what he found.  He discovered a human skeleton in the cave.  He initially thought he found the remains of a prostitute, but it turned out the skeleton was much older.  The Red Lady as he called the skeleton was part of the first group of inhabitants in Britain.  It was at a time when the British Isles were part of a peninsula attached to Europe.

The first hunter gatherers to Britain came over on a land bridge.  They came in small bands during a colder period in history.  They hunted mammoth and deer.  Life was changing and the type of life they were living would change due to the Ice Age.  The world was cold and getting colder.  Life was tough and was about to become impossible.  Britain was becoming a frozen wilderness.  The entire population of Western Europe was wiped out.  When the Ice Age ended people started coming back.

This group was hardier and could withstand the cold.  They documented their life in horse bone and in caves.  They lived in a landscape shaped by their environment.  Power of the environment shaped the landscape our ancestors lived in.  To find out more about the Age of Ice continue to watch the documentary.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

The World of Stonehenge Episode 1 Questions:
  1. What were they looking for on the beach in Wales?
  2. How many generations separate modern man from the people who made those footprints?
  3. Who was in search of relics of the Flood?
  4.  What was the problem with the search?
  5. What did Buckland find?
  6. What did the glaciers do to Britain?
  7. What was etched on the bone?
  8. What did the glaciers do to the land?
  9. What happened when the ice melted?
  10. Was Britain still attached to Europe?

The World of Stonehenge Episode 1 Answers:
  1. What were they looking for on the beach in Wales? - Foot prints
  2. How many generations separate modern man from the people who made those footprints? - 300
  3. Who was in search of relics of the Flood? - Reverend William Buckland
  4.  What was the problem with the search? - The cave was at the bottom of a vertical cliff
  5. What did Buckland find? - Human remains
  6. What did the glaciers do to Britain? - Turned it into a frozen wilderness
  7. What was etched on the bone? - Horse
  8. What did the glaciers do to the land? - Carve the landscape up
  9. What happened when the ice melted? - North Sea was form, Scotland and Ireland took shape
  10. Was Britain still attached to Europe? - Yes
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The Women Who Made History

3/29/2021

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The Women Who Made History is a German documentary series.  The series is German with English subtitles.  This episode is about Queen Luise of Prussia.  She was the queen that negotiated with Napoleon after the defeat of Prussia.  This docu-drama opens up with Queen Luise's arrival in Paris to negotiate with Napeleon.

Queen Luise's story begins with her childhood in Mecklenburg, she and her sister were close companions, her mother had died and she was in the care of a governess.  Her life changed when she and her sister went to Frankfurt to enjoy a bit of society.  Her family was not rich, but had good connections which enabled her to be introduced to the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm.  The Crown Prince proposed marriage and they set off for Berlin where they would live.

The Mecklenburg sisters were the hit of Berlin.  They settled into life in Berlin.  They were supposed to be good models for the Fatherland.  Luise had to make adjustments while she lived at Court.  The Prussian Court was quieter, more serious, and more strict.  She did not want to end up like the other Prussian wives. 

Frederick Wilhelm was a bit of a stickler for the rules, while Luise enjoyed excitement.  They could drop the strictness in their summer palace.  They could have fun, and Frederick Wilhelm was an affectionate father with this children.

Life changed when Napoleon took over France and politics started changing.  He crowned himself Emperor.  However there were concerns about revolution coming to Berlin.  Luise thought they could make peace with Napoleon, however Napoleon had other ideas.   He took what he wanted and tried to force Prussia into an Alliance.

The Prussians pursued an alliance with Russia.  Tsar Alexander I came to Prussia to propose an alliance to stop Napoleon.  The French defeated Austria and Russia.  Prussia tried to challenge Napoleon and Luise was named an honorary colonel of a regiment.  Napoleon defeated the Prussians and made their way towards Berlin.  Queen Luise was forced to flee so the French would not take her hostage.

Napoleon felt Queen Luise instigated everything and wanted to humiliate the Queen.  He spread rumors and lies about the Queen and convinced the people that it was Queen's fault for the suffering of the Prussian people.  Napoleon offered the Prussians a truce.  Frederick Wilhelm would have offered a truce but Luise pressed to continue the war.  Alexander started negotiating with Napoleon behind the Prussians back.

Napoleon was determined to punish Prussian for its pride and arrogance.  The Prussians then sent Luise to negotiate with Napoleon for better conditions.  She was to charm the king but then Frederick Wilhelm showed up and spoiled everything.  Prussia was cut into half, they were exiled to east Prussia and the French occupied Berlin.

Eventually the family returned to Berlin and Napoleon was sent into exile.

This documentary for research purposes for both teacher and a student's research paper.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

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Wreck of the SS Atlantic

3/26/2021

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This documentary came up on my suggestions a few months ago and I immediately was hooked.  This was an individual who took it upon himself to put together a documentary about a tragic shipwreck called the SS Atlantic.

Thomas Lynskey, the narrator had wrote and research this shipwrecked, as well as visited the site in Canada.  The SS Atlantic isn't as well known as wrecks like the Titanic or Lusitania.  The seas were rough and the ship was delayed.  The coal stores were running low, or were they?  Rather than take the risk, the ship pulled into another harbor during a storm...this was when tragedy struck.  The ship hit a rock and started to sink on its side.  No women and one child survived and only a couple hundred men survived.  Lynskey explores the the history of this wreck as well as the site of the wreck.

Lynskey, hits on the history of the White Star Line and the different ships that were built before the SS Atlantic.  Then goes into details how ship design evolved over the years before the 1870's.  Even though the ships of the day were powered by steam power, passengers still found comfort in sailing on ships with a full compliment of sail.  The sails could be unfurled and the ship could sail under wind power when the coal ran out.  The SS Atlantic was part of the Oceanic Class.  Passenger areas were now separate from crew areas.  There were electric buzzers installed for cabin class passengers and the quarters were still lit by oil lamps.  There were indoor toilets for the passengers.  The hull was bigger, which allowed her to carry more people.  She was one of the fastest ships on the Atlantic.

The 19th Voyage started like normal.  Passengers boarded and saw the name plate of the ship.  The found their cabins and settled in for the voyage.  There were delays due to storms over the voyage which made the ship burn more coal.  John Foxley, the chief engineer, kept reporting the coal reserves.  Foxley was the one who reported to the captain that the coal reserves were low, which caused the captain of the Atlantic to divert to get more coal.  The ship was diverted to Halifax to pick up more supplies.  Halifax has a reputation for being a difficult harbor to get into with hidden rocks and strong currents.  However the storms caused the Atlantic to divert off course and they ran aground...

To find out more about what happened to the Atlantic continue to watch the documentary.

I would recommend using this for research for a lecture on immigration and ocean travel, but if you needed a filler for a day with a sub, use this video in your classroom.  Lynskey is a fantastic narrator for this documentary and the animations of the shipwreck are well done.  Even if you don't use it in a classroom, it's a well done documentary.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

At this time there will be no worksheet provided for this video.
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Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home

3/24/2021

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Death was frequent in the Tudor period, however the home proved to be a dangerous place.  Suzannah Lipscomb explores the hidden killers of the Tudor Home.

Towards the end of the Tudor period, the middle class had money and they spent it on their homes.  They built new kinds of houses.  The first hidden killer of the home came through the kitchen: sugar.  With trade and colonization new foods were introduced to the Tudor diet and sugar was one of these new dietary items.  Food was a way the Tudors displayed their wealth.  Sugar was white gold and they disguised it as normal every day food.  There was consequences to their sugar addiction: it ruined their teeth.  The archeological record shows how it ruined their teeth: they lost their teeth, it causes decay, and there were infections that eventually killed the person.

Chimneys also killed people as they did not realize that they needed to clean them nor design them to draw the smoke up to them.  Chimneys allowed builders to divide the house into rooms, rather than living in a great hall, people could live in individual rooms.  However, due to build up in the chimney, the smoke could catch fire and then eventually catch the house on fire.  Houses started being built from brick and chimneys were redesigned to allow the smoke to be drawn out and not build up soot in the chimney.  They also discovered that they had to clean their chimneys.

With digitized records, Suzannah was also able to note that one of the biggest causes of death was drowning.  A corner's report documented the case of a woman, who fell into a pond while washing a petticoat, drowned.  There were many instances of people just slipping and falling into the water and drowning.  She demonstrates this cause of death by dawning period clothes and walking into a shallow pond.  Her reaction to getting into the water is immediate and she had a hard time getting out of the pond due to her woolen clothes.  A participant in the documentary shares that when you first hit the cold water, you gasp from the cold and take in water.  To avoid this cause of death, water courses were fenced off and there were covers on wells.

The Tudor Garden was also a hidden killer of the home.  It was a source of medicine for the family.  There was a body of knowledge available to the Tudor Housewife and she would use that to help heal her family.   However, there were plants in the garden that would kill.  It was the ultimate in free medicine for a family.  150 plants had medicinal qualities.  Tansy was a mild poison, however if you constantly take it becomes toxic. They believed if the plant looked like if what it was treating it was a good plant to use.  The Gutenberg Press helped spread the medical knowledge of the day.  They were popular materials of the day and explored the benefits of each plant.

If you want to learn more, continue to watch the documentary.

This would be a documentary I would use for research for a class lecture.  There are some science elements to this documentary as Suzannah applies the scientific method to hidden killers.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home Questions:
  1. Who made up the middleing sort?
  2. Where were the first hidden dangers introduced in the house?
  3. What was “white gold.”
  4. Can bad teeth kill you?
  5. What new technology help make the home easier to live in?
  6. How do you prevent chimney fires?
  7. What was the extension to the home?
  8. What percentage of accidental deaths were due to drowning?
  9. What was considered a Tudor first aid kit?
  10. What was widely used, but became toxic towards the end of the year?

Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home Answers:
  1. Who made up the middleing sort? - Professionals, artisans, yeoman farmers, merchants
  2. Where were the first hidden dangers introduced in the house? - Kitchens and dining rooms
  3. What was “white gold.” - Sugar
  4. Can bad teeth kill you? - Yes
  5. What new technology help make the home easier to live in? - Chimney
  6. How do you prevent chimney fires? - Cleaning them
  7. What was the extension to the home? - Water sources, rivers, ponds
  8. What percentage of accidental deaths were due to drowning? - 40%
  9. What was considered a Tudor first aid kit? - Garden
  10. What was widely used, but became toxic towards the end of the year? - Tansy
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Tales from the Green Valley - 11 & 12

3/22/2021

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July comes and goes on the farm, which means the team has one more month left in their experiment.  They work the hay fields, catch up on laundry and work on harvesting the garden.

The boys work in bringing in the hay harvest.  Ruth and Chloe work on bringing in the fruit.  Ruth discusses the period attitude towards fruit.  Period people tried to avoid fruit as much as possible, unless it was cooked.  The farm has variety of fruit that was from the period.  The garden is starting to come to life.  The beans are starting sprout in the garden.  Ruth makes rosewater.

Alex explains how he uses the scythe when he was haying.  Peter explains the use of the rake to spread out the hay in order to dry it quicker.  An experienced mower should be able to clear a hay field in a single day, however Alex and Peter are not experienced mowers.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley 11 Questions:
  1. What was July’s biggest challenge?
  2. What did Ruth and Chloe pick from the garden?
  3. What type of fruit should people eat?
  4. What gooseberry-using recipe showed up in recipe books?
  5. How long would it take to clear a meadow?
  6. How much were hay mowers paid?
  7. What was a use for roses?
  8. What was a major chore for the farmer’s wife?
  9. What did Chloe and Ruth use to make lye?
  10. What did they also use for laundry?

Tales from the Green Valley 12 Answers:
  1. What was July’s biggest challenge? - Cutting Hay
  2. What did Ruth and Chloe pick from the garden? - Gooseberries
  3. What type of fruit should people eat? - cooked
  4. What gooseberry-using recipe showed up in recipe books? - Gooseberry fool
  5. How long would it take to clear a meadow? - A day
  6. How much were hay mowers paid? - 10 pennies a day
  7. What was a use for roses? - rosewater
  8. What was a major chore for the farmer’s wife? - laundry
  9. What did Chloe and Ruth use to make lye? - ashes
  10. What did they also use for laundry? - Fermented urine

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 12
The series concludes with the team taking in the wheat harvest.  They have a good morning to bring in the harvest and they are successful.  Goose has a lot of uses and not just for meat or eggs.  The feathers are used for cleaning and making quills.  The small breast feathers were sold for feathers for pillows or mattresses.

Peter discusses the differences between reading about the chores on the farm versus doing the chores on the farm.  Chloe and Ruth work in making rush lights.  It was a good time of year to bring in rushes as well as gather the tallow.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 12 Questions:
  1. What month marks the end of the agricultural year?
  2. What harvest did they bring in?
  3. What did they use to harvest the wheat?
  4. How long would it take for a man to clear a field?
  5. How tall was the wheat?
  6. How did Chloe get the geese out of the pond?
  7. What did they use the geese for?
  8. Why did they do that?
  9. When holiday did they eat goose?
  10. What did they lay out on the grain barn floor?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 12 Answers:
  1. What month marks the end of the agricultural year? - August
  2. What harvest did they bring in? - wheat
  3. What did they use to harvest the wheat? - sickle
  4. How long would it take for a man to clear a field? - Half a day
  5. How tall was the wheat? - 5 feet high
  6. How did Chloe get the geese out of the pond? - Threw a stick in the pond
  7. What did they use the geese for? - To eat the leftover wheat
  8. Why did they do that? - To prevent disease and not allow left over wheat to self seed
  9. When holiday did they eat goose? - Michealmas
  10. What did they lay out on the grain barn floor? -Goss
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Tales from the Green Valley - 9 & 10

3/21/2021

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The team works to fertilize and prepare the soil for planting.  May is a quiet time in the agricultural calendar.  Stuart and a charcoal burner work to make charcoal.  Charcoal burning powered the industrial revolution and is smoke free, lighter, and burns hotter.  Charcoal burners were a roaming profession.  They are a set of skilled workers.

Dairy production begins in May.  Chloe and Ruth work on milking the cows.  The milk is creamy and thicker, perfect for butter.  Duchess hasn't been milked much and it is proving to be a challenge for Chloe.  The milk they get isn't as much as they were expecting.

The pea field is getting close to done.  Alex is using a breast plow to help plow the field.  However he's not using his chest to plow.  They are using a special pea seed, it is an experiment.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 9 Questions:
  1. What were they behind on?
  2. What did they do to beef up the soil?
  3. What is the advantage of charcoal?
  4. When does dairy production start?
  5. What type of plowing is tricky?
  6. What was a professional craft?
  7. How many acres of woods were burned in Iceland?
  8. What did they use to make butter?
  9. How long did it normally take to make butter?
  10. What did Peter and Alex find in the field?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 9 Answers:
  1. What were they behind on? - Clearing triangle field
  2. What did they do to beef up the soil? - Spread horse poo
  3. What is the advantage of charcoal? - Lightweight, smokeless
  4. When does dairy production start? - May
  5. What type of plowing is tricky? - Breast plowing
  6. What was a professional craft? - Charcoal burners
  7. How many acres of woods were burned in Iceland? - 80 acres
  8. What did they use to make butter? - Butter churn
  9. How long did it normally take to make butter? - 20 Minutes
  10. What did Peter and Alex find in the field? - Harrow and 1940’s plow

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 10
Ruth works in the Dairy while the boys work in the fields.  The boys work on shearing sheep, they were the most valuable asset to the farm.  Stuart, Alex, and Peter wash the sheep in the nearby pond.  They get as wet as the sheep they are washing.  Washing the sheep help makes the shearing process easier.

Working in the Dairy was a woman's work.  June was a good time of year for cheese making as well as a way to beat the heat.  Cows eat different grasses over the year which changes the flavors of the milk.  They make rennet and discuss the alternatives to it.

The dairy portion of the episode would be great to show in an agricultural class, Ruth and Chloe go through the process of cheese making without technology.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 10 Questions:
  1. When did the farmers wife change dairy production from butter to cheese?
  2. What did Alex do with the sheep?
  3. What did Ruth and Chloe make in the dairy?
  4. What does milk do over the course of the year?
  5. Why does milk change over the year?
  6. What alternatives were there for rennet?
  7. What separates from the curds?
  8. How long would it take to sheer sheep?
  9. What did Alex use to sheer the sheep?
  10. What did Ruth first make?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 10 Answers:
  1. When did the farmers wife change dairy production from butter to cheese? - June
  2. What did Alex do with the sheep? - Wash the sheep
  3. What did Ruth and Chloe make in the dairy? - cheese
  4. What does milk do over the course of the year? - change
  5. Why does milk change over the year? - Due to the grass
  6. What alternatives were there for rennet? - Nettles, lemon juice, vinegar
  7. What separates from the curds? - Whey
  8. How long would it take to sheer sheep? - An hour
  9. What did Alex use to sheer the sheep? - Hand sheers
  10. What did Ruth first make? - Cottage cheese
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Tales from the Green Valley - 7 & 8

3/20/2021

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The team performs maintenance on the farm and the animals.  They prep the garden and work to make bread and beer.

Alex and Peter thresh the wheat in order to make bread and beer.  They thresh wheat as they go because it preserves better over the long term.  They then go through the process of getting the wheat kernels separated from the chaff.  Ruth and Chloe start making beer, that was their main drink over the year.  The team also works on making flour so Ruth and Chloe can make bread.

The team discusses the games that were played during the Stuart period.  They play for who does what chores.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

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Tales from the Green Valley 7 Questions:
  1. What month are they in?
  2. What was the staple of life?
  3. How did they turn grain into flour?
  4. Who worked in the garden in March?
  5. What drink did they make?
  6. What could invade the beans?
  7. What was the name of the dice game they played?
  8. How long did they take to brew beer?
  9. How long does ale keep?
  10. What animal did they bring into the farm?

Tales from the Green Valley 7 Answers:
  1. What month are they in? - March
  2. What was the staple of life? - bread
  3. How did they turn grain into flour? - Beat it
  4. Who worked in the garden in March? - Men
  5. What drink did they make? - Beer
  6. What could invade the beans? - Black fly
  7. What was the name of the dice game they played? - Hazard
  8. How long did they take to brew beer? - A month
  9. How long does ale keep? - A fortnight
  10. What animal did they bring into the farm? - Pigs

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 8

As spring comes the team works on cleaning up the farm, as well as fixing walls around the farm.  Ruth introduces the series with discussing spring cleaning and spring planting.  The farm house is cleared and Stuart cleans the chimney holly. 

Ruth and Chloe air out the fabrics.  Ruth cleans out the house and noticed the history of spring cleaning and how women back then took pride in a neat house or how they didn't take pride in a clean house.  They clean the beds and Ruth discussions the the differences in classes by their beds as well as the herbs the farmer's wife would put into the hay to prevent bugs.

They work on clearing out a field, and burn off the old brush in order to make it ready for planting.  They dig up massive roots and burn them.  Burning helps sterilize the soil.

The animals are turned out into the field, but destroy a stone wall.  The team fixes the wall with the help of an expert.  Stonewalls are a more permanent solution where a hedge wouldn't work.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 8 Questions:
  1. What were they doing around the farm?
  2. What did they put down to clean the chimney?
  3. What blocked the holly from going down?
  4. How did Ruth remove the smoke and dust?
  5. What did Ruth use as a duster/brush?
  6. How did Alex make his torch?
  7. How did they get rid of the roots?
  8. Fire also does this to the soil?
  9. What did Peter and Chloe do all night?
  10. What was another skill a farmer had?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 8 Answers:
  1. What were they doing around the farm? - Spring cleaning
  2. What did they put down to clean the chimney? - Holly
  3. What blocked the holly from going down? - Bars for hooking meat
  4. How did Ruth remove the smoke and dust? - Brushing the walls
  5. What did Ruth use as a duster/brush? - Goose wing
  6. How did Alex make his torch? - Canvas wrapped around a pole with pitch
  7. How did they get rid of the roots? - Burn them
  8. Fire also does this to the soil? - Sterilizes it
  9. What did Peter and Chloe do all night? - Help a cow give birth
  10. What was another skill a farmer had? - Wallbuilders

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Tales from the Green Valley - 5 & 6

3/19/2021

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January comes to the farm as the team works on maintenance around the farm.  The well doesn't freeze for the team during winter.  They finally face some bitterly cold weather which makes it hard to work outdoors.  They work on the hedges while the animals are indoors and the leaves are gone.  Alex works on hedge laying, this forms an animal proof fence that animals can't pass through.  A hedge is often thought as a living hedge as the trees and weaving get stronger over time.

Ruth and Chloe much out the stalls.  Stuart makes ink as well as working on his shoes.  Ruth works on making medicine for the people on the farm.  She starts off with sage oil.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 5 Questions:
  1. What was the biggest task of January?
  2. Why did Stuart break up the ice?
  3. What did they have on the Thames?
  4. What grows stronger over time?
  5. Hedge layers are natural what?
  6. What made a lucrative product?
  7. What was it used for?
  8. What was the last job of the day?
  9. Ruth produced what?
  10. What did sage oil do?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 5 Answers:
  1. What was the biggest task of January? - Hedge laying
  2. Why did Stuart break up the ice? - So the animals could drink
  3. What did they have on the Thames? - Frost Fairs
  4. What grows stronger over time? - Hedges
  5. Hedge layers are natural what? - acrobats
  6. What made a lucrative product? - Oak Apples
  7. What was it used for? -Ink
  8. What was the last job of the day? - Putting the animals to bed
  9. Ruth produced what? -Medicine
  10. What did sage oil do? - Help joints during winter

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6
The Team works on a new privy, taking care of the animals, laundry and some additional maintenance around the farm.  They get their first snow on the farm.

Alex, Peter and Stuart knock down the privy and build a new one.  The first thing they do after knocking down the privy was cleaning the pit and digging it deeper.  Peter has to dig out the privy after loosing out on a game of Hazard.

Chloe works with the ponies to train them to be working farm animals.   Stuart works on getting the pea seeds ready for planting.

Ruth uses pee for use in the laundry, she makes bleach with it.  She starts doing laundry around the farm.  We learn that waste management was a big business in the Stuart period.

Ruth, Chloe and Stuart bring the sheep down from the fields and perform maintenance on their hooves.  They also clean up some of their fleeces.

Alex entertains with team with his musical talents.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6 Questions:
  1. What was the new challenge for the month?
  2. Who didn’t want to be on the bench in the privy when it broke?
  3. What seed were they planning to plant?
  4. Where does the stalk and pod go?
  5. How did they determine who would dig out the privy?
  6. What was human poo used for?
  7. What was urine used for?
  8. What else could urine be used for?
  9. What animal did they bring in for maintenance?
  10. What was the name of the cow that was pregnant?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6 Answers:
  1. What was the new challenge for the month? - Rebuilding the privy
  2. Who didn’t want to be on the bench in the privy when it broke? - Fonz or Peter
  3. What seed were they planning to plant? - Peas
  4. Where does the stalk and pod go? - Feed for the horses
  5. How did they determine who would dig out the privy? - Dice game
  6. What was human poo used for? - Fertilizer
  7. What was urine used for? - For making bleach
  8. What else could urine be used for? -  Gunpowder
  9. What animal did they bring in for maintenance? - Sheep
  10. What was the name of the cow that was pregnant? - Duchess
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Tales from the Green Valley - 3 & 4

3/18/2021

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Tales from the Green Valley Episode 3
November comes around and they work on butchering animals for the farm as well as finish up the cowshed.    Work continues on the cowshed, as Peter and Alex build a wall for the shed.   They take advantage of the sun and warmth to finish up the wall on the cowshed.  The team finishes thatching the roof.

Ruth and Chloe prepare for butchering day by cleaning their supplies to make sure bacteria doesn't affect the meat.  They butcher a pig.  Ruth uses the blood for sausages and puddings as well as taking care of the butchering.  Ruth explains that the ancestors knew that the cooking area needed to be clean, they just didn't know about germs.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 3 Questions:
  1. What was the next task on the shed?
  2. When was the seasonal time to slaughter pigs?  Why?
  3. What does Ruth use the pig’s blood for?
  4. What was the only part of the pig not used?
  5. What did they use to weatherproof the wall?
  6. How long could a pig last after it was smoked?
  7. What did Peter and Alex use to put the mud on the wall?
  8. How long did it take to finish the wall?
  9. What did Ruth use on the table to clean it?
  10. How long does it take to finish thatching a cowshed?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 3 Answers:
  1. What was the next task on the shed? - Making a wall
  2. When was the seasonal time to slaughter pigs?  Why? - November, so the farmers don’t need to feed them over winter
  3. What does Ruth use the pig’s blood for? - Black pudding and blood sausage
  4. What was the only part of the pig not used? - The Oink/ Squeak
  5. What did they use to weatherproof the wall? - Clay, Chaff, and Dung
  6. How long could a pig last after it was smoked? - Three months
  7. What did Peter and Alex use to put the mud on the wall? - Their hands
  8. How long did it take to finish the wall? - Three days
  9. What did Ruth use on the table to clean it? Salt
  10. How long does it take to finish thatching a cowshed? - Two weeks

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 4
December comes to the farm and the team prepares to celebrate Christmas.  Stuart introduces the episode by discussing that although it's Christmas, chores on the farm didn't end.  The boys work on making a hovel.  They make it so they can take it down and store it over the summer.

Ruth and Chloe work on making woolies.  They talk about how the period clothes and how they work or don't work against the weather.  Stuart threshes the peas for seed and to plant in the future.  He gives the stalks and pods to the animals for a treat.

Ronald Hutton stops by and helps the team celebrate Christmas.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 4 Questions:
  1. What did they have to build to store firewood?
  2. Why aren’t there any hovels left?
  3. What did Ruth and Chloe make?
  4. What was one of the main field crops of the year?
  5. How long did they celebrate Christmas?
  6. Why was it called mince pies?
  7. What did Stuart want to burn in the main house?
  8. What was a common favorite meal for Christmas?
  9. What was the dominant factor in Christmas?
  10. Who visited the farm to teach the farmers about a Shakespearian Christmas?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 4 Answers:
  1. What did they have to build to store firewood? - Hovel
  2. Why aren’t there any hovels left? - They rotted away
  3. What did Ruth and Chloe make? - Hose and mittens (woolies)
  4. What was one of the main field crops of the year? - Peas
  5. How long did they celebrate Christmas? - 12 Days
  6. Why was it called mince pies? - There used to be meat in the pies
  7. What did Stuart want to burn in the main house? - oakwood
  8. What was a common favorite meal for Christmas? - goose
  9. What was the dominant factor in Christmas? - Religion
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Tales from the Green Valley - 1 & 2

3/17/2021

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A team of historians and archeologists work a farm as it would have been done in the Stuart Period.  They work a full calendar year on the farm.  They will turn theory into practice.  Stuart Peachy helped rebuild the site.

The Historians are Stuart Peachy and Ruth Goodman.  The Archeologists are Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands, and Chloe Spencer.  Stuart runs the farm, and Ruth runs the household.  Peter, Alex, and Chloe take care of the animals, building maintenance, and the fields.  Chloe has the most experience with taking care of the animals.

They kick off the year by plowing the fields and making bread.  They plant wheat into the field by broadcasting.

Each episode in the series is 30 minutes long.  It could be a last-minute fill-in for a substitute in an agricultural class or a history class.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 1 Questions:

  1. Who is leading the experiment?
  2. Who made up the team?
  3. What month kicks off the agricultural year?
  4. What crop did they want to plant?
  5. What were the names of the oxen?
  6. What type of Oxen are they?
  7. What was the most essential task of the farmer’s wife?
  8. How was bread normally baked?
  9. What did Peter have to do to get the plow to plow deeper?
  10. How did they determine if the bread was done?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 1 Answers:
  1. Who is leading the experiment? - Stuart Peachy
  2. Who made up the team? - Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands, Chloe Spencer
  3. What month kicks off the agricultural year? - September
  4. What crop did they want to plant? - Wheat
  5. What were the names of the oxen? - Lancelot and Arthur
  6. What type of Oxen are they? - English Longhorn
  7. What was the most essential task of the farmer’s wife? - Making Bread
  8. How was bread normally baked? - In a communal oven
  9. What did Peter have to do to get the plow to plow deeper? - Push down on it
  10. How did they determine if the bread was done? - Thumped it on the bottom


Tales from the Green Valley - Episode 2

The team continues to work on the cowshed. They build a roof for the cowshed.  They fight the rain to make sure the roof gets on and adapt to their clothing while they work on it. They turn out the pigs in the orchards after the nuts and fruits have been harvested to help fatten them up.  Ruth makes sure that the workforce is well fed as they are constantly working outdoors.

Each episode in the series is 30 minutes long.  It could be a last-minute fill-in for a substitute in an agricultural class or a history class.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 2 Questions:
  1. What did they need to get on the cowshed?
  2. How many eggs are they getting per day?
  3. What did Ruth make for breakfast?
  4. How many calories did the farmer consume a day?
  5. What was the vice operated by?
  6. How many pegs did Alex need to make?
  7. What harvest did Ruth, Chloe, and Alistair bring in?
  8. How many days did the team take to put the rafters on the cowshed?
  9. What is causing Alex and Fonz the most concern while climbing?
  10. What went onto the roof?

Tales from the Green Valley Episode 2 Answers:
  1. What did they need to get on the cowshed? - roof
  2. How many eggs are they getting per day? - 1-2
  3. What did Ruth make for breakfast? - porridge
  4. How many calories did the farmer consume a day? - 4,000
  5. What was the vice operated by? - feet
  6. How many pegs did Alex need to make? - 70-75
  7. What harvest did Ruth, Chloe, and Alistair bring in? - pears
  8. How many days did the team take to put the rafters on the cowshed? - 4 days
  9. What is causing Alex and Fonz the most concern while climbing? - shoes
  10. What went onto the roof? - Thatch
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