DOING THE LAUNDRY

Description:

Why was Monday, Laundry Day, totally devoted to this task in 1914? Try doing laundry using old methods and equipment and compare water consumption to the present day.

Level Expectations:

Heritage and Citizenship, Grade 3 (Pioneer Life)
-identify early settlers and their origins, and describe their lives and contributions-describe changes that have occurred in their communities since the time of the early settlers
-explain how the pioneers used natural resources (e.g. water, forests, land)
-describe the major components of a pioneer settlement-locate key information about pioneer communities from primary sources (e.g. local museums, pioneer houses, forts, villages)
-collect and evaluate information about human and environmental interactions during the early settlement period
-compare and contrast life in a pioneer settlement with that in their own community (with respect to services, jobs schools, stores, use of natural resources)