Even in the 21st century, kids can still learn valuable skills from two centuries ago.
Hundreds of Indiana students had the opportunity to experience 200 years of state history over two days last week at Spring on the Farm in Edinburgh.
The annual event, sponsored by the Bartholomew County Historical Society, brings community mentors and eighth grade students from Hauser Junior High School together for 5 to 6 weeks in an activity characteristic of the past, such as candle making, cast iron cooking, and spinning and weaving.
The students then have the opportunity to teach those skills to touring younger elementary students under the guidance of a volunteer adult.
They do this, Hauser eighth grader Anniston Riley explained, “to understand the history of what people went through.”
The event was held at Henry Breeding Farm, which was donated to the Bartholomew County Historical Society in 1982 in memory of early area families. Activities involving antique machinery, livestock and cooking utensils used to give students an idea of how everyday life on the farm operated before modern technology.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
