Hoggat School

Carter's class took a field trip to Hoggat School, a one room school house, this week.  They were encouraged to dress up as though they were students attending a one room school in the mid 1800's.  Thank goodness for Grandma Ween and her access to theater costumes!  She came through for Carter with some boots, bib overalls, a lovely plaid shirt,  a hanky, and a straw hat.  I thought he looked like a darn cute country bumpkin :)

My favorite part of the experience was Aaron having to try and figure out how to get his "authentic" lunch packed.  The kids were encouraged to only bring things that they had back then.  Lard sandwiches were popular at that time, but we improvised on that one! Of course, Aaron wanted to put his sandwich in a baggie, but Carter told him absolutely NOT!  So, Aaron dug around for some wax paper and then couldn't make tape stick to it so he had to tie a string around it.  I'm so glad I leave for work early in the morning :)  Then he was hunting around for more to add to his lunch and found a banana.  Carter told him there weren't tropical fruits at that time.  I'm sure by this time Aaron's patience was wearing quite thin! You cannot hear me giggling right now!  He asked if an apple was acceptable.  Carter said yes, but wanted Aaron to peel the skin off it.  Yes, he thought a "naked" apple would last until lunch time and not get brown!  Eventually the two of them got something figured out and wrapped it all in a red hanky to transport his lunch.

While they were at the one room school, they got to write on slate boards and experience desks with ink wells for dipping their quills to write with.  It's too bad there was no well to send them to get water from! Carter had a great time, and hopefully came away with some appreciation for everything he has access to in school today!  I know as a teacher, I thank my lucky stars for the technological advances (even though they fluster me) and supplies we have access to in order to vary and enhance our teaching for our students.

If you ever need an authentic 1800's school lunch, just holler at Aaron...he's getting good at tying string around wax paper wrapped sandwiches :)