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Bluebag Media
Preschoolers get
taste of pioneer life
GREENVILLE – “Does this house look like your house?” Eight EUM
Preschool students responded with a loud “No!” Laura Schwieterman,
Darke County Parks Naturalist, asked what’s different.
Several students noted there were no lights, just candles. “Because
they had no electricity,” Schwieterman said. “No stove… just a
fireplace to make your food.” Naturalist Rob Clifford brought in his
group, also a class of EUM students and asked them if they saw a stove,
or a microwave or a refrigerator. They said no. “So how did they make
food?” he asked.
No answer. “They couldn’t go to the grocery store.” Again, no answer.
“Maybe they just didn’t eat?” Finally a student raised her hand and
said, “The fireplace?” That is correct, he told them. “They would keep
this fire going all the time. If they wanted something to each, they
could start cooking.”
Schwieterman asked the students to look around the room. She said only
a few pioneers could afford the luxury of having a second floor. Most
had to eat, sleep, play (“if you have time”), do your chores… all in
this room.
“How many of you could sleep like this?” she asked. Three student hands
went up. “I can see none of your parents had their hands up,” she
added. Both groups of students later went upstairs to make pioneer hats
– boys and girls styles – before moving on in their tour...
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