We Love the Prairie Primer

Farmer Boy - Week 3

PHOTOSYNTHESIS:

GROWING PUMPKINS:

BRIDLE:

BRI'DLE, n.
1. The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider; consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses.
2. A restraint; a curb; a check.
3. A short piece of cable well served, attached to a swivel on a chain, laid in a harbor, and the upper end drawn into a ship and secured to the bits. The use is to enable a ship, when moored, to veer with the wind and tide.
Bowline bridles are short legs or pieces of rope, running through iron thimbles, by which the bowline attaches to different places on the leech or edge of a large sail

BRI'DLE, v.t. To put on a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
1. To restrain, guide or govern; to check, curb or control; as, to bridle the passions; "to bridle a muse."
Bridle the excursions of youth.
BRI'DLE, v.i. To hold up the head, and draw in the chin.

HARNESS:

H`ARNESS, n.
1. Armor; the whole accouterments or equipments of a knight or horseman; originally perhaps defensive armor, but in a more modern and enlarged sense, the furniture of a military man, or offensive, as a casque, cuirass, helmet, girdle, sword, buckler, &c.
2. The furniture of a draught horse, whether for a wagon, coach, gig, chaise, &c., called in some of the American states, tackle or tackling, with which, in its primary sense, it is synonymous.

H`ARNESS, v.t. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman.
Harnessed in rugged steel.
1. To put on the furniture of a horse for draught.
Harness the horses. Jer.46.
2. To defend; to equip or furnish for defense. 1 Macc.4.

MAKING HOMEMADE ICE CREAM:

HOW TO PICK OUT A RIPE WATERMELON:

RAISING PIGS:

FISH:

Fun Fish Art

Fish at EnchantedLearning.com

HOW TO MAKE EGGNOG:

HEART AND VASCULAR SYSTEM:

Heart Anatomy at Enchanted Learning
Heart Programs and Activities for Kids (American Heart Association)
Heart Lesson Plans at Education World

Grain Cradle

c. 1900

To harvest grain, the crop was usually first cut and then the grain was separated from the stalk or body of the crop. Grain cradles were used for cutting and gathering the crops. The long wooden "fingers" of the cradle gathered the straw as it was cut and deposited it in piles. The cradle was an improvement on a single blade because the fingers acted as extensions of the farmer's arms and made harvesting a little easier.

SELFISH:

SELF'ISH, a. Regarding one's own interest chiefly or soley; influenced in actions by a view to private advantage.

HOW TO TREAT A BURN:

BELGIAN HORSE:

HOW TO MAKE CANDLES:

How To Make Container Candles
Candle Making 101

Farmer Boy - Week 2

AUG'ER, n.

An instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet makers, wheelwrights and shipwrights. It consists of an iron blade, ending in a steel bit, with a handle placed at right angles with the blade. Augers, made with a straight channel or groove, in some places, are called pod-augers; the modern augers, with spiral channels, are called screw-augers.

MOOSEWOOD TREE:

Plantguide.org

Wikipedia

Backyard Gardener

PATIENCE, n. pa'shens:

1. The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. Patience may spring from constitutional fortitude, from a kind of heroic pride, or from christian submission to the divine will.

2. A calm temper which bears evils without murmuring or discontent.

3. The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent.

Have patience with me,and I will pay thee all. Matt.18.

4. Perseverance; constancy in labor or exertion.

He learnt with patience, and with meekness taught.

5. The quality of bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge.

His rage was kindled and his patience gone.

6. Sufferance; permission. [Not used.]

7. A plant, a species of rumex of dock.

HOW TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP:

* Why harrow a field? Find out here.

POTATOES:

Life Cycle of a Potato Plant
Lots of Potato Links
Potato Prints
The Potato Story

FLOWERS:

Flowers at PPPST.com
Flowers in Motion - QuickTime Movies
Flowers at Enchanted Learning
Plants and Flowers at The Teacher's Guide

STAR SPANGLED BANNER:

* Lots of 4th of July links can be found here.

AMERICAN FLAG OF 1867:

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:

PAR'ASOL, n. [L. sol.]
A small umbrella used by ladies to defend themselves from rain, or their faces from the sun's rays.

Farmer Boy - Week 1

ALMANZO WILDER:

Almanzo Wilder (Wikipedia)

Farmer Boy (Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum)

Wilder Homestead

WOOL PRODUCTION:

RED CEDAR TREES:

WOOD:

BIRD'S NEST PUDDING RECIPE:

Ingredients:
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1 pint heavy cream
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 c brown sugar
1 c flour
1/2 tsp butter
1 c homogenized milk
1/2 c powdered sugar
6 tart apples (about 2 lbs)
1 tsp maple flavoring

Directions:
Step #1 Butter a baking dish (2-quart).
Step #2 Peel & core the apples & place them in the dish.
Step #3 Fill the wholes with brown sugar, pressing slightly, & sprinkle half the nutmeg on top.
Step #4 Place in preheated 350° F oven to start baking while you prepare the batter.
Step #5 Separate the eggs, putting the yolks into a larger bowl & the whites onto a platter.
Step #6 Beat whites with a fork or whisk until they no longer slip from the tilted platter.
Step #7 Beat the yolks until they change color; stir in the maple flavoring & milk.
Step #8 In smaller bowl mix flour, cream or tartar, salt, baking powder, & any remaining brown sugar.
Step #9 Stir this mixture quickly into the liquid.
Step #10 Fold the egg whites into this thin batter.
Step #11 Pour the batter evenly over & around the partly cooked apples & return dish to the oven, baking it until the crust has browned, another 45 mins to 1 hr.
Step #12 While the pudding bakes, stir the powdered sugar & remaining nutmeg into a pitcher of heavy cream.
Step #13 Take the finished pudding directly to the table before it falls, & turn each serving onto a plate so the apple is nested in the fluffy crust.
Step #14 Pour sweetened cream over them.

OTHER LITTLE HOUSE RECIPES:

Twist Doughnuts

Rye n' Injun Bread

Stacked Pancakes

SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES:

These Happy Golden Years - Week 4

TORNADOES:

THE WEDDING OF LAURA AND ALMANZO:

* Find out what happened to some of Laura's friends here!

These Happy Golden Years - Week 3

VOICE LESSONS:

SOUND:

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL:

THE 5 ELEMENTS OF MUSIC:

MUSICAL NOTATION:

HOW TO MAKE POPCORN:

These Happy Golden Years - Week 2

JEALOUS - a. jel'us.

1. Suspicious; apprehensive of rivalship; uneasy through fear that another has withdrawn or may withdraw from one the affections of a person he loves, or enjoy some good which he desires to obtain; followed by of, and applied both to the object of love and to the rival. We say, a young man is jealous of the woman he loves, or jealous of his rival. A man is jealous of his wife,and the wife of her husband.

2. Suspicious that we do not enjoy the affection or respect of others, or that another is more loved and respected than ourselves.

3. Emulous; full of competition.

4. Solicitous to defend the honor of; concerned for the character of.
I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts.
1 Kings 19.

5. Suspiciously vigilant; anxiously careful and concerned for.
I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. 2 Cor.11.

6. Suspiciously fearful.
'Tis doing wrong creates such doubts as these,
Renders us jealous and destroys our peace.

JEALOUSLY - adv. jel'usly. With jealousy or suspicion; emulously; with suspicious fear, vigilance or caution.

LOGGING INDUSTRY:

WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE (19TH Amendment):

CHICKEN EGGS:

ROBERT HERRICK:

These Happy Golden Years - Week 1

"These Happy Golden Years" Lapbook

SOJOURNER TRUTH:

JEDIDIAH SMITH:

Discovering the Lost Legacy of Jedidiah Smith

PETER CARTWRIGHT:

Peter Cartwright: Perhaps America's Most Colorful Country Preacher

D.L.MOODY:

Dwight L. Moody Quotes

D.L. Moody Story

Life of Dwight L. Moody (by ChristianHistory.net)

PHOEBE PALMER:

SAMUEL MORRIS:

SENTENCE STRUCTURE:

Little Town on the Prairie - Week 4

ABRAHAM LINCOLN:

(16th President; 1861-65)

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States of America. He served as President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 (he was re-elected in 1864). Lincoln's Vice-President was Andrew Johnson (1808-1875).

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He had very little formal schooling and was mostly self-educated. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician; he earned the nickname "Honest Abe." Lincoln married Mary Todd in 1842; they had four sons, but only one (Robert) survived childhood.

Lincoln was elected President in 1860. During Lincoln's presidency, the Southern states seceded from (left) the Union because Lincoln and the Northern states were against slavery. Six weeks after becoming President, the Civil War began. In this war, the Northern states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the Confederacy). The Civil War lasted from 1861 until 1865.

On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which eventually led to the freeing of all slaves in the USA. During the Civil War, Lincoln gave many speeches, including the Gettysburg Address (Nov. 1863), a short speech in which he stated how a country must be dedicated to human freedom in order to survive.

Lincoln was re-elected President in 1864 (defeating Democrat George B. McClellan).

General Robert E. Lee (from the Confederacy) surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant (from the Union) on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.

President Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth (an actor). Lincoln had been attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died the next morning. He was the first US president ever assassinated. Andrew Johnson (Lincoln's Vice-President) became the next US President.

Abraham Lincoln Lesson Plans and Activities By...

ANDREW JOHNSON:

(17th President; 1865-69)

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the 17th president of the United States. Johnson was born on December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was Abraham Lincoln's vice-president, and became president after Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Johnson was the only US president who never went to school; he was self-taught. During the Civil War, Andrew Johnson was the only Southern senator who remained loyal to the Union. During his presidency, Johnson authorized the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Johnson died on July 31, 1875, at Carter Station, Tennessee.

ULYSSES S. GRANT:
(18th President; 1869-77)

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was the 18th president of the United States. Grant was born on April 22, 1822 in Port Pleasant, Ohio. He was a popular commander of the Union Army in the Civil War. The transcontinental railroad (the east-west railroad across the USA) was completed during Grant's term. Grant's two terms (1869-1877) were littered with scandals that involved some of the under-qualified people that Grant had put in high offices; Grant declined to run for a third term. Grant died on July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES:
(19th President; 1877-81)

Rutherford Hayes (1822-1893) was the 19th president of the United States. Hayes was born on October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio. Hayes ended the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. During his term as president (1877-1881) the country became more prosperous, but Hayes did not run for a second term. He died on January 17, 1893, in Fremont, Ohio.

JAMES GARFIELD:
(20th President; 1881)

James Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th president of the United States. Garfield was born on November 19, 1831 in Orange, Ohio. In 1881, four months after becoming president, Garfield was shot and fatally wounded by a person who had wanted, but was not given, a government job by Garfield. Garfield died on September 19, 1881, in Elberon, New Jersey.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR:
(21st President; 1881-85)

Chester Arthur (Oct. 5, 1829-Nov. 18, 1886) was the 21st President of the USA (serving from 1881-1885). Before he was President, Arthur had been the Vice-President of the USA, serving under President James A. Garfield. After Garfield was assassinated, Arthur was elected President. During his term as President, tried to reform the civil service system. Early in his career, Arthur worked as a lawyer and as the customs collector for the Port of New York City (but Arthur was ousted from that office for doing political favors for his party supporters).

CLARA BARTON: