Edwardian Farm - Episode 11 & 12

The team works on the Cherry and potato harvest and plans a trip to the seaside.

Alex and Peter look for ladders for the cherry harvest and Ruth makes plans with what she can make with the cherries.  The team celebrates the cherry harvest with a festival and lots of cherry pies.  Then they take a trip to the seaside.  Ruth makes a new period swimsuit and tries it out.  At the seaside they are entertained by period performers.  They also take a dip in the sea in period swimsuits.

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.  This series is also available on Amazon Prime.

Questions:

1. What did the team harvest first?
2. What was the most valuable piece of equipment for the harvest?
3. How high can cherry trees grow?
4. How many fish were caught in the Tamar River?
5. What was made available during the Edwardian period?
6. What was new to the common person’s Edwardian diet?
7. How was the cherry harvest celebrated?
8. What did the boys have to do to stop blight on potatoes?
9. What were Edwardian swimsuits made from?
10. Who did the team use to pick potatoes?

Answers:

1. What did the team harvest first? - Cherries
2. What was the most valuable piece of equipment for the harvest? - Ladder
3. How high can cherry trees grow? - 70 feet tall
4. How many fish were caught in the Tamar River? - 2000
5. What was made available during the Edwardian period? - Glass Jars
6. What was new to the common person’s Edwardian diet? - Preserved fruit and vegetables
7. How was the cherry harvest celebrated? - Cherry Feasts
8. What did the boys have to do to stop blight on potatoes? - Cut the plant off
9. What were Edwardian swimsuits made from? - Wool Crepe
10. Who did the team use to pick potatoes? - Kids
    

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Episode 12

The series concludes with the Oat harvest and it's a challenge to predict the weather!

Alex and Peter look to predict the weather in order to determine when to bring the oat harvest.  They have a weather vane made in the shape of one of their chickens.  They also find a quick method to determine barometric pressure.  Ruth works on the market gardens for one last time, putting seaweed fertilizer on them.

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.  This series is also available on Amazon Prime.

Questions:

1. What was oat sold for?
2. What needed to be on the farmer’s side?
3.  When the wind is coming from what direction will the team know the weather will be dry?
4. What did the team commission to help with determining wind direction?
5. What was the name of the chicken they used for the model?
6. What did the farmers use for fertilizer?
7. What else did the farmers use to predict the weather?
8. What was cooked on a shovel?
9. What was the direction of the wind when the weather vane was put up?
10. What was invention used to record the harvest?

Answers:

1. What was oat sold for - Horse Feed
2. What needed to be on the farmer’s side? - Weather
3.  When the wind is coming from what direction will the team know the weather will be dry? - Northeast
4. What did the team commission to help with determining wind direction? - Weather vane
5. What was the name of the chicken they used for the model? - Sunny
6. What did the farmers use for fertilizer? - seaweed
7. What else did the farmers use to predict the weather? - Barometer
8. What was cooked on a shovel? - Fish
9. What was the direction of the wind when the weather vane was put up? - Southwest or “don’t harvest your oats yet.”
10. What was invention used to record the harvest? - Film Camera