In early October the Professors participated in a Homeschool Day field trip to a ‘living history’ museum. The museum is set in the 1600 and 1700's, and consists of replica homes, some resorted, some recreated, from England, Germany, Ireland, West Africa, and America.
Besides touring the different exhibits, the Professors were able to engage in some type of purposeful work at many of them, from carting wool to sweeping floors. Some of our favorite jobs were digging for potatoes in the field at the Irish farm, helping prepare one of the foods of the day, egg noodles, at the German farm, and splitting wood at the 1750's American Settlement, where we also witnessed a musket demonstration.
In addition to being able to help out on the farms, we also had the opportunity to attend other demonstrations, including watching a black smith make an iron skillet, that he told us would be used in the kitchens at the German farm down the road, watching craftsman make baskets from thinned tree branches, watching preparation, and sometimes helping prepare, 'foods of the day' at each farm home, and as I mentioned above a musket demonstration.
