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:
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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:
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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. You can find the link for the YouTube video here. Tales from the Green Valley Episode 5 Questions:
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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. You can find the link for the YouTube video here. Tales from the Green Valley Episode 6 Questions:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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