Buckley's Schoolhouse adventures

What they learned

 Kids in grades 1-8 learned different things. Like they called math -arithmetics, they also called spelling-orthography, and they also studied manners. Also girls didn't go to college.    Although, if only they were lucky, they would only go to two years of high school.

What they had

The schools in the 1916, were very different from ours today. They had desks bolted to the floor so they couldn't move them. If they were to brake any rules they would not clip down, they would put their nose on the chalkboard. They also used chalk boards instead of smart boards. There was only one room.  It was grades 1-8.  They had 1 hour recess in grades 1-8. They sat in rows arranged in grade level. If they needed to go to the bathrooms they had 2 outhouses that seated 3 people.  

This is an example of a schoolhouse in 1910.

Teachers

Teachers had different rights than our teachers. Teachers that were girls couldn't get married, but teachers that were boys could get married but the entire town would have to agree with his bride. The teacher was the nurse and the principal, and the music teacher only visited them once a week. Teachers were only paid $3.50 a week. And girl teachers couldn't were bloomers.   

Buckley Adventures in the 1910's Farm!

Bank Barn

The bank barn is a really important place to the  farm. The barn was built on a bank, which is a hill. So that means there are 2 floors. The animals were kept on the bottom floor, so they can sleep at night. Everyday their cats would wonder around and catch mice, that was the cats big job.  The animals had a ramp going into the second floor. The animals would never go on the top floor they weren't allowed by the hay and straw. It was stored up on that floor. 

By: Morgan

Hay And Straw

In the background you can see the hay piled up.

The 1910 farm Bank Barn stored hay and straw for the animals. The straw was bedding for the animals. The straw was the leftover wheat that you can't eat.  The hay was yummy food for the animals. The hay was made out of grass. 

By: Lillian

The Kitchen

 

                        

The kitchen was for women to cook. They use huge pots to cook. They had a wood burning stove. The building only had the kitchen in it. They kept their supplies in random tin contains. They used tin to keep the moisture out. You had to open the containers to check to see what was in it. 

By: Madalyn   

Butcher 

Have you ever wondered about butchering in 1910? Well don't worry anymore.   The butcher must gather all the meat for the big meal. That starts at 1:00 everyday. But breakfast was really small they ate food like donuts, biscuits and gravy, milk and apples. Did you know that there was an assistant cook who had to know how to butcher. The cook must start working at 2:00 a.m. everyday. They all get payed $1.00 a day. 

By: Andrew                         

Orlando, Caiden, Norman, Josh at the Granary

At the Granary

This is the grain elevator.

At the Granary it stores all the grain. There is an elevator, there is a trapdoor that leads to the elevator too. Trap doors are over the basement so a wagon can come over the doors. Doors open on both sides so that a wagon can come threw drop off a load of grain or corn and go threw the other side. Kids work in the granary. They worked on the top floor pushing the grain to the side of the building.

This is the trap door in the floor.

Collecting Wool

Collecting the wool is an important job because if they don't the sheep could die. The sheep could die because of the summer heat gets too hot for them. The wool has a waxy feel because the sheep produce lanolin. They sheer the sheep in the spring so its not to hot or cold. In order to make money they have to spin the wool into thread and clothing then sell it.

 

Washing The Wool

This is while washing the wool.

This is the wool after it was washed.

Cleaning the wool at the granary is a very, very important job. The cleaning takes a long time because they wash the wool a lot. Washing the wool is a job that the kids do. It's very important that you wash it in cold water and that you use soap. You cannot wash it in warm or hot water because it will ruin the wool.

 

Day's on the pioneer farm

Mr. and Mrs. Buckley traveled from New York to Indiana in
wagon.  2 oxen would pull the wagon. What they brought was a axe, musket, dishes, silverware, mom and dads rocking chair and bed, basket, cast iron pot, seeds, few clothes, blankets, knives, bow an arrows and candles.

What the pioneers would is build there house first. They would cut down trees for lumber. They would stuff there mattress once a year. The kids slept in the loft of the house. They would grow and cut straw to make mattress.  

 

How the Pioneers would make cornmeal is first to grow the corn. Then they would pull the corn and bring it to the house. Then they would take it and grind the corn with a rock. The corn would turn into powder. They would gather all the ingredients. Then they would mix ingredients and pour it in a bowl and cook it.

Everyday the children would have to do chores. It would take them 8 minutes to get to the creek and it would take em 10 minutes to get back. So that means 18 minutes total but he kids would have to do that 4 times a day so it takes 1hour and 12 minutes out of there day.  They had to collect the water in buckets.