The work of pioneer life becomes real for students as they fetch water in wooden buckets, wash clothes on a scrub board and dip a candle by hand from wax melted over an open fire. Spending time in the log cabin allows students to see first-hand many of the objects they are learning about in studying settler life.
This is an excellent active living learning program, with many outdoor chores.
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Perfect for use in the Grade 3 Social Studies strand Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780 – 1850.