The Slab Shed:

Activity 1:

Key vocab to prepare for your class visit. You could use these words as jumping off points for discussion or add them to the weekly spelling list:

*blacksmith

*citrus (industry)

*plough

*slab (of wood)

*harness (for the horse)

Activity 2:

These sentences are mixed up! Which beginnings go with which endings? Write the completed sentences in the spaces below:

In the olden days a farmer did not have a tractor / it was used to make important equipment for the horses.
The metal was heated in a hot fire so / which could do the work of six horses.
The farmer grew oranges and sent them / it could be hit with the hammer and made into different shapes.
Leather was really important because / so the horse was used all the time.
The timber getters used to go out and / to the markets where they were then sold to the shops.
Big Bertha was a big red tractor / cut down all the big trees to make lumber.

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Out Loud Questions:

Why were horses so very important to the early settlers?

What do we use today instead of the horse? (Hint: Try and think of five different kinds of transport).

The Cottage

Activity 1:

Key vocab to prepare for your class visit. You could use these words as jumping off points for discussion or add them to the weekly spelling list:

*convict

*bassinette

*lantern

*fireplace

*chamber pot

Activity 2:

These sentences are missing words! Which words from the box go with each sentence? Write your answer in the space provided:

  1. The baby was kept safe and warm in a ______.
  1. The old cottage was built by ______.
  1. If a person had to go to the toilet at night, they would use the ______.
  1. At nighttime, the cottage would use ______and the ______to light up the rooms.
  1. The Fagan family had nine sons and ______although they all ______in the one small ______.

convicts daughters chamber pot fireplace
cottage bassinette lanterns lived

The Museum

Activity 1:

Key vocab to prepare for your class visit. You could use these words as jumping off points for discussion or add them to the weekly spelling list:

*artifact

*typewriter

*axe-grinding (grooves)

*moustache cup

*teapot

Activity 2:

These sentences are missing words! Which words from the box go with each sentence? Write your answer in the space provided:

  1. She used the ______to write a letter.
  1. On the rock he could clearly see some old ______grooves.
  1. The table was set with ______and saucers and a ______.
  1. The museum has many old ______.
  1. The gentleman used a ______because he did not want to be ______when he drank his tea.

cups artifacts typewriter
messy moustache cup teapot axe-grinding

The Grounds/Kitchen

Activity 1:

Key vocab to prepare for your class visit. You could use these words as jumping off points for discussion or add them to the weekly spelling list:

*bullock

*dray

*meatsafe

*wringer

*ice chest

Activity 2:

These sentences are mixed up! Which beginnings go with which endings? Write the completed sentences in the spaces below:

Long ago meat used to be / things by keeping them in the ice chest.
The bullock was a large animal which / could carry all kinds of heavy things.
Before the invention of fridges a person would chill / stored in a special metal box called a ‘meatsafe’.
The dray was a huge wagon which / squeezing it through a wringer.
People used to help dry out washing by / was used to pull heavy things like timber.

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