Daily Life at Farmington Plantation
(Non-School Offering Site Experience)

An hour program that includes the upcoming exhibit: Lincoln and Farmington: An Enduring Friendship and a tour of the museum house and grounds. The focus is on early 19th century life and how it differs from life today. Students will be introduced to fascinating but obsolete artifacts of daily life including chamber pots, bathing tubs, spider skillets, candlesnuffers, slates, quill pens, trundle-beds with shuck mattresses, bed tighteners and sugar cones. Content and presentation is adjusted to different age groups.

Teacher packet includes basic information on Farmington, time line relating Farmington events to Kentucky and U.S. events of the period, and a vocabulary list.

Cost: $2.00/student

Content Area:
Social Studies, United States History Through Reconstruction
Level:
Primary (K-3) Intermediate (4-5) Middle (6-8)
Grade(s):
P3 P4 P5 4 5 6 7 8
Core Content:
SS-04-5.1.1 Students will use a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., artifacts, diaries, timelines) to describe significant events in the history of Kentucky and interpret different perspectives.
SS-05-5.1.1 Students will use a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., artifacts, diaries, maps, timelines) to describe significant events in the history of the U.S. and interpret different perspectives.
SS-08-5.1.1 Students will use a variety of tools (e.g., primary and secondary sources) to describe and explain historical events and conditions and to analyze the perspectives of different individuals and groups (e.g., gender, race, region, ethnic group, age, economic status, religion, political group) in U.S. history prior to Reconstruction.
SS-04-5.2.3 Students will compare change over time in communication, technology, transportation and education in Kentucky.
SS-05-5.2.3 Students will compare change over time (Colonization, Industrialization, Twentieth Century to Present) in communication, technology, transportation and education.
SS-04-4.4.1 Students will explain and give examples of how people adapted to/modified the physical environment (e.g., natural resources, physical geography, natural disasters) to meet their needs during the history of Kentucky and explain its impact on the environment today.