Pioneer Day is Here!
By Olivia
Our Adventures for Pioneer Day
Our 3rd and 4th grade SEAquest class went on a Field Trip to Silver Dollar City for Pioneer Day on October 22nd, 2014. We went to lots of different places, but, I am only going to talk about my three personal favorites; The Oak Trail Schoolhouse, The Weaving Studio, and The Casey-McHaffie Homestead. Please read the articles below to learn about our trip!
Homestead
This is the top of the homestead where the children would sleep. It's a good thing my mom was willing to stand up on a chair and take the picture without being able to see it!
Extra!
As a little extra, we got to ride this fun ride. As you might have noticed, a few of us (naming no names) were kind of scared!
Hot, Hot, Hot!
At the blacksmith's it was very interesting to watch the man create things.
The Oak Trail School
This was my favorite place of all. The little schoolhouse with a stove, slates, McGuffie Readers, candles in candleholders, and (best of all) no pencils and paper! In this little schoolhouse we learned what the pioneer children did, what they used, and how they used it. We learned that in the Winter, the children would walk to school with hot potatoes in their pockets to warm their hands, and then they would eat them for lunch. In the Winter they also let the younger kids sit closer to the stove so that they were warmer because the older children were tougher so they could handle being colder than the younger children. I enjoyed going there!
Weave, Weave
Another favorite of mine was the weaving studio. There we got to see a spinning wheel, a weaving loom, and lots of creations that they made with them! We watched one woman make thread, and one woman we watched make a rug. It was amazing to watch them and we found lots of cute woolen hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, and weird thingamajigs that we weren't entirely sure what they were. In all, the Weaving Studio was a very interesting place
There were a lot of things to see at the weaving studio. So many I couldn't count
On her 16th birthday she will prick her finger on the needle of a spinning wheel. We actually got to see a real one! Good thing I didn't prick my finger on it and fall asleep forever!
We got to watch this woman make a little rug with a nifty little piece of machinery. It was really kinda weird, and also amazing!
Home at Last!
The Casey-McHaffie homestead was a very fun place to go. There was a little stove, a small fireplace, and instruments. We were interested in the things that they had. I noticed that they did not have any technology. No ipads, TVs, computers, phones, microwaves; you get the picture. Just imagine no technology! It would be an awesome and at the same time terrible world! The homestead was DEFINITELY a very interesting place to go.
The Loft
This is the loft where the kids usually slept. We weren't allowed to go up there because the floor could give out from underneath us anytime!
Come Out on the Porch, Kids!
This was the front of the homestead. I had never really noticed it when I went to Silver Dollar City before, but then I actually realized where we were!
I'm exuasted!
The bed looked comfy, but it was covered in instruments! On it they had a flute, a violin, a piccolo (I think!), and a piano in the corner. The pioneers must have been very musical!
Me, Emma, and Brit
This is me, Emma, and Brittany in front of the pizza place where we ate. This picture is one of my favorites.
We still had to go to school!
Even though we were on a field trip, we still had to go to school. It just wasn't our school!
Photobomb!
This was originally supposed to be a picture of me, Emma, Brit, and my mom, but it ended up having Aiden in it too!He was planning on photobombing at some point during the field trip
Fabusome Field Trip
In all, our field trip was absolutely and completely FABUSOME!!!!!! I loved going and we had so much fun together as a class. I hope that I will have a field trip as equally fabtabulous as that one!