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Electronic Field Trips


Electronic Field Trip to the Mountain Homeplace


Mountain life in the 1850s
Grade Levels:
4-12
Length:
30 minutes
Taping Rights:
Unlimited
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Web Site:
KET Online
Teaching Materials:
See Below

From wool to lumber, the products that fill superstore shelves today were once created by hand. On this field trip, students see how 19th-century settlers used local materials and their own hard work and ingenuity to create the essentials of everyday life.

The Mountain Homeplace is an interpretive working farm in Paintsville where reenactors demonstrate what rural life in Kentucky was like around 1850-1875. Some of the scenes and people you’ll encounter in the field trip:

  • the one-room schoolhouse, during both lessons and recess;
  • the preacher, who explains the customs of the rural church;
  • the blacksmith, who shows how to bend iron and make a cooking fork;
  • children dancing folk dances and playing dulcimers; and
  • men and women plowing, cooking, spinning, and carving.

This KET production is designed to complement a unit on Kentucky history or Appalachian culture. Local author John David Preston provides historical perspective on the development of the region.

This program premiered on October 19, 1999.

Program of Studies
Social Studies: Cultures and Society, Geography, Historical Perspective


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2008/09 Program Schedule

At the Mountain Homeplace, an interpretive working farm in Paintsville, reenactors show what life was like for settlers in the mid-19th century. This 1999 KET production, designed for upper elementary, middle, and high school students, explores what daily life was like in the era and how people crafted many necessities by hand. Topics include school and church customs, the work of blacksmiths and other artisans, folk dances and traditional music, and daily at-home chores. 27 minutes
    Thursday, August 7 at 10:00 am on KETED
    Thursday, August 28 at 7:30 pm on KETED
    Thursday, September 18 at 3:00 pm on KETED
    Monday, September 29 at 3:30 pm on KETED
    Friday, October 10 at 11:30 am on KETED
    Thursday, November 6 at 12:30 pm on KETED
    Thursday, February 19 at 3:00 pm on KETED
    Thursday, April 9 at 12:30 pm on KETED

These videos are also available on KET EncycloMedia.

Teaching Materials

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Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

Kentucky schools may tape and retain programs according to the rights listed above. For further information, contact the KET Education Division.

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