Edwardian Farm - Episode 1 & 2

Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, and Alex Langladas are working in the Tamar Valley on an Edwardian Farm.  The first episode is about the historians setting up the farm.

Ruth Goodman is a freelance historian who specializes in domestic history.  Peter Ginn and Alex Langladas are archeologists.  The series also features additional specialized historians and experts throughout the series.

Ruth sets up the house while Alex and Peter set up the animals as well as the fields.  They use Edwardian methods to clean the chimney as well as to make quicklime.  They have to lime the fields in order for crops to grow.  The boys go away to make the quicklime which turned out to be more challenging than they first thought.  If they fail in making quicklime, their farm will fail for the year.

In the mean time, Ruth continues to make the farmhouse a home as well cooking a gruesome dish for the boys in preparation of their return from making quicklime.

If you need a filler in the classroom, this is an excellent series for that use.  You aren't limited to history with this series either you can use this in a family and consumer education or a home economics class to learn a recipes or crafts.  You really see history come to life in this series and Ruth, Alex, and Peter are excellent narrators.

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.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.  The series is also available on Amazon Prime.

Episode 1 Questions:

1. Who are the presenters?
2. What is the name of the farm?
3. How much quicklime do Peter Ginn and Alex Langladas need to make?
4. What did Alex want to use to sweep the Chimney?  What was actually used?
5. What is used to make quicklime?
6. What was used to make a trough?
7. What did Ruth and Eve make for the kitchen?
8. How Long did it take to thatch the hay rick?
9.  How many layers of stone did the kiln hold?
10. What did Ruth cook up for the boys?

Episode 2 Answers:

1. Who are the presenters? - Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Alex Langladas
2. What is the name of the farm? - Morwellen Farm
3. How much quicklime do Peter Ginn and Alex Langladas need to make? - 10 Tons
4. What did Alex want to use to sweep the Chimney?  What was actually used? - Chicken and Holly Bush
5. What is used to make quicklime? - Lime and coal
6. What was used to make a trough? - Granite
7. What did Ruth and Eve make for the kitchen? - A Rag Rug
8. How Long did it take to thatch the hay rick?  - 40 minutes
9.  How many layers of stone did the kiln hold? - 15 Layers
10. What did Ruth cook up for the boys? - Sheepshead stew

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Episode 2

Episode 2: More preparations on the farm are made for the future harvest and winter.  Ruth works on prepping the market gardens using goats to clear the weeds.  Then she and Alex prepare the gardens for strawberries.  The boys bring in a bull to the farm. 

Another important preparation for the harvest include making cider, although the farms orchards only produce a single apple.  They bring in additional cider apples and prep them to make cider for the harvest.  The art of barrel making is explored. 

Ruth works hard in the kitchen to preserve food for the winter, she pickles apples and preserves meat.  Alex also brings back chickens to the farm, which provides an immediate income to the farm.

If you need a filler in the classroom, this is an excellent series for that use.  You aren't limited to history with this series either you can use this in a family and consumer education or a home economics class to learn a recipes or crafts.  You really see history come to life in this series and Ruth, Alex, and Peter are excellent narrators.

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.

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.  The series is also available on Amazon Prime.

Episode 2 Questions: 

1. What was the other animal brought in to provide milk?
2. What was planted in the Market Garden?
3. Who is the new resident on the farm?
4. What were the farm workers paid in?
5. How many varieties were there of cider apples?
6. What was the unique thing that was done to apples in the Tamar Valley?
7. What was used to preserve the leg of pork?
8. What was the salt mix called?
9. What was Alex’s project on the farm?
10. What was the quickest thing to harvest?

Episode 2 Answers:

1. What was the other animal brought in to provide milk? - Goats
   
2. What was planted in the Market Garden? - Strawberries
3. Who is the new resident on the farm? - A bull
4. What were the farm workers paid in? - Cider
5. How many varieties were there of cider apples? - 350
6. What was the unique thing that was done to apples in the Tamar Valley? - Pickling
7. What was used to preserve the leg of pork? - Salt
8. What was the salt mix called? - Pickle
9. What was Alex’s project on the farm? - Raising chickens
10. What was the quickest thing to harvest? - Eggs