GOOD OLD DAYS

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GOOD OLD DAYS

• SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT
• GRADE 5 CLASS
• 2004-05

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HOUSE KEEPING
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HOUSE KEEPING

• Certain jobs done on certain days (example)
  - Mon. - Wash Day
  - Tues. - Ironing Day
  - Wed. - Baking Day
  - Thurs. -
  Downstairs Cleaning -
  Fri. - Upstairs Cleaning
  - Sat. - Scrub Day
  - Sun. Rest and Worship

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House Keeping (Continued)

• Kitchen was most important room in house
  - Only
  room with heat (wood stove)
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  Many jobs done in kitchen including
  
  washing clothes,
  ironing, baking, childrens homework, knitting,
  plucking bird feathers, fixing fishing nets, and
  spinning wool.

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HOME CURES
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HOME CURES

• People used folk medicine because there were few
  doctors or hospitals.
• People often looked after by their own family
  members.
• Many medicines produced from plants.

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Examples of Home Cures

• To cure warts you rub the wart with a garden
  snail.
• To cure a sore throat, place a salt fish on your
  neck.
• To cure a headache, place brown paper soaked in
  vinegar on your forehead.
• To stop a cut, put blatter from a fir tree on
  cut.

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SCHOOL DAYS
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School Days

• Small, one-room schools
• School heated by pot-bellied stove
• Usually one teacher for all grades
• Older children helped younger children
• Teachers very strict and students well behaved.

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SCHOOL DAYS (Continued)

• Few school supplies and equipment
• Outhouses for toilets
• Parents responsible for cleaning school
• Each family had to supply firewood
• The law did not require students to attend school

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Importance of the Church
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Importance of the Church

• People went church several times a day
• Church was the center of many community
  activities
• Children went to Sunday School
• Minister well respected in community

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OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMEMT
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Outdoor Entertainment

• Many games, including hopscotch, marbles,
  jump-rope, Cowboys and Indians
• During Bonfire night young people would burn
  whatever was available, including outhouses and
  boats.
• Winter fun included skating and sliding

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INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT
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Indoor Entertainment

• Listen to music or stories on battery operated
  radio
• Listen to music on record player or phonograph
• Card parties, suppers, house parties

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Indoor Entertainment (Continued)

• Dances and played musical instruments
• Told stories
• Watched movies

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CHRISTMAS
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Christmas

• Women did much baking for Christmas
• A community time (dance) was attended by adults
  and children
• There were few gifts. Most were homemade clothes.
• All 12 days of Christmas celebrated.
• Mummering was very popular.

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FISHING
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Fishing

• No weather forecasts on radio like today
• Nets and jiggers were popular
• Boats were powered by ores and sails
• Fish were salted and dried

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OTHER WORK
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Other Work

• Growing their own food. Many times food could not
  be purchased or it was too expensive. Many
  families also had animals for meat and milk.
• Bird hunting was popular
• Boat building was necessary. The men cut their
  own logs to get lumber.

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Other Work (Continued)

• Cutting firewood was important to heat the homes,
  churches, and schools.
• Cutting blocks of ice from the ponds in winter to
  place in coolers to keep food fresh.

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We hope you have enjoyed our Social Studies
presentation about the Good Old Days. (Grade
5 Class)