Edwardian Farm - Episode 9 & 10

Tourists come to the Tamar Valley, and the team comes up with ways to keep them fed and make money off them.

Ruth learns how to make clotted cream and Peter paints pictures of the valley for the tourists.   The strawberries are ready for picking and Alex is worried about an invasion of snails and slugs.  The government sent out dairying school to teach the women how to work with milk. 

Peter putting together the paints and pigments was pretty interesting and I never knew that they came separate.  The dairy school concept was interesting too. 

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.

Episode 9 Questions:

1. Who is coming to the Tamar Valley?
2. What was crucial to the tourist trade?
3. When is Empire Day?
4. What was found in the strawberries?
5. What animal did Alex use to take care of the infestation?
6. What else did Alex use?
7. What did the government set up to teach women?
8. What was consider women’s work?
9. How Long did it take to make clotted cream?
10. What did Peter do for the tourists?

Episode 9 Answers:

1. Who is coming to the Tamar Valley? - Tourists
2. What was crucial to the tourist trade? - Paddle wheel steamers
3. When is Empire Day? - May 24
4. What was found in the strawberries? - Slugs and snails
5. What animal did Alex use to take care of the infestation? - Geese
6. What else did Alex use? - Caustic soda and lime
7. What did the government set up to teach women? - Dairy Schools
8. What was consider women’s work? - Dairying
9. How Long did it take to make clotted cream? - 3 days
10. What did Peter do for the tourists? - Draw pictures of beautiful places

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Episode 10

The Boys are away sheering sheep while Ruth takes care of the potatoes.  The team also gets a visitor from an old friend.

The sheep are taken to Dartmoor and they sheer sheep.  Ruth takes care of the farm while the boys are on the moors. A visitor from their time on the Victorian Farm stops by and the team go out on a picnic with their visitor.

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.

Episode 10 Questions:

1. What did the government recommend farmers do?
2. What did Peter and Alex build to make silage?
3. What were the farmers looking for on the potatoes?
4. What did Ruth put on the potatoes?
5. What did Ruth do to the fleeces?
6. What was called white gold?
7. What became accessible to tourists?
8. Who visited the farm?
9. What the activity the visitors participated in during their visit?
10. What did Ruth burn to cook her meal?

Episode 10 Answers:

1. What did the government recommend farmers do? - Make Silage
2. What did Peter and Alex build to make silage? - Clamp
3. What were the farmers looking for on the potatoes? - Blight
4. What did Ruth put on the potatoes? - Copper Sulfate and lime water
5. What did Ruth do to the fleeces? - Wash them
6. What was called white gold? - Lamb wool/fleece
7. What became accessible to tourists? - The Moors
8. Who visited the farm? - The Acton Family
9. What the activity the visitors participated in during their visit? - Picnic
10. What did Ruth burn to cook her meal? - Dried Peat