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Ruth, Peter, and Alex finish their year on the Victorian Farm. With the failed hay harvest, the team looks to recover with the wheat harvest. They finish off their year celebrating the harvest with a feast.
Peter and Alex get to grips with Victorian technology in preparation of the wheat harvest. The harvester that was used had a device that helped tie wheat bundles and was invented by a Wisconsin farm hand. Ruth learns the art of plaiting straw stalks and discovers how addicting it can be. It was a simple skill that could make a farmer money. Ruth also explores the impact of the Empire on the Victorian Kitchen. She uses curry mix to prepare the boys a meal. Peter arranges to have the cart they plan to use to haul the wheat in repaired since it was not used in decades. They celebrate the end of the time on the Victorian Farm with a party. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Victorian Farm Episode 6 Questions:
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It's May and the boys are tending sheep. Ruth starts dairying, Alex gets involved with beekeeping and Peter learns how to make cricket bats.
Once the sheep give birth, they are sheered with an electric sheerer. This sped up the process for the Victorian farmer. In order to speed up the process, Peter and Alex bring out something that their land agent invented to help the farmers from hand cranking the sheers. The inexperienced sheers discover that their fleece is infected with maggots. Alex gets help with a bee swarm in order to start up bee keeping while Peter learns to carve a cricket bat. Peter and Alex take in a game of cricket where Peter has an embarrassing situation. Ruth starts operating the dairy in order to make cheese. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Questions
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Springtime on the Victorian Farm; lambs are being born as well as piglets. Ruth starts a chicken concern. Peter has an all night vigil with the pigs.
The boys bring out a sheepherders wagon in preparation for lambing season. It's something that the boys will use to sleep in while keeping watch over the flocks. Ruth starts cleaning out the cottage as part of spring cleaning. She uses a variety of Victorian methods to sweep up the dust and clean the cottage from top and bottom. Alex keeps an eye on the wheat and grows concerned that it's not doing well. He takes advice from other farmers and the Book of the Farm. He is determined that the crop will not fail. Ruth makes a new dress with the assistance of a historic costumer. She tries to get a grip with a Victorian sewing machine. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Victorian Farm Episode 4 Questions
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Episode 3 explores trying to control the animals on the farm, keeping an eye on their pregnant animals, and exploring old Victorian crafts. The team is four months into their Victorian Farm Experience.
Princess, the pig, joins up with the farm and pigs cause trouble on the farm. Peter works to divide out the farm yard. The team turns to a blacksmith, woodsman, and a basket maker to do some repairs around the Victorian Farm as well as learn the secrets to Victorian Crafts. Ruth gets to grip with bathing in the Victorian Period as well as making Victorian home remedies, Alex fixes his boots with a Victorian Shoe polish recipe. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Victorian Farm Episode 3 Questions:
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Ruth, Peter, and Alex settled in to Farm Life while preparing for Christmas. Peter and Alex work on the pigsties, and Ruth prepares a Victorian Christmas Feast after spending four days in the laundry.
Alex and Peter as well as Alex's brother work on building and putting a roof on the pigsties. The weather turns cold and it's not the best time of year to build pigsties. It begins to snow on the farm. The team adds a ram on the farm and they create a rattle to help determine whether or not the ewes are pregnant. Ruth works in the laundry for three days in order to prepare for Christmas. She explains the laundry process during the Victorian Period, you used stain remover on what needed to be removed and not the whole garment. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Victorian Farm Episode 2 Questions:
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Ruth, Peter and Alex are now working on a Victorian Farm. The first step to their journey into the Victorian Period is to restore an abandoned cottage, harvest and thresh wheat, and plant a wheat crops: even if the weather is against them.
They take over a cottage that was abandoned in the 1950's and restore it. They use Victorian Techniques to bring it back to livable condition. A new range is installed and a bedroom is redone in this episode. The Estate where the Farm was on: https://www.actonscott.com/ If you're ever in England, you can rent the cottage Ruth, Peter and Alex stayed in on the Acton-Scott Estate. You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room. Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom. You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school. Format it the way you want to. All questions after formatting should fit onto one page. You can find the link to the YouTube video here. Victorian Farm Episode 1 Questions:
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