Format
The woodsman will demonstrate the techniques traditionally used to make common objects from local Arkansas woods.
This program is presented by a historian in period clothing.
There will be activities, historical artifacts shown, and there will be interaction and discussion.
Students are encouraged to ask questions throughout the program. Upon request, teachers will receive a package with samples of the different types of wood indigenous to woodcrafters in Arkansas. These may include Eastern Red Cedar, Osage Orange, White or Red Oak, etc.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
Identify the different woodworking tools and their uses.
Evaluate the different woods based on their different strengths and weakness to be able to describe their uses.
Be able to describe why such tasks were crucial to the crafter and others in the community.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NSS-USH.K-4.1 LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, NOW AND LONG AGO
Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago.
NSS G.K-12.2 Places and Regions
NSS K-12.6 Uses of Geography
State Standards
Arkansas
H.6.K.7 Recognize that family activities have changed over time.
H.6.1.7 discuss daily life in the past and present.
Economics
K= E.7.K.1: Recognize that all people have economic wants and needs
E.9.K.4: Recognize that people choose among a variety of goods and services
1= E.7.1.1: Describe how people satisfy basic wants
2= E9.2.5: Investigate goods and services provided by markets in the local community
G.3.4.4: Explain how people are influenced by, adapt to, and alter the environment
H.6.4.11: Discuss advances in technology
H.6.4.12: Analyze changes in Arkansas from past to present
5= E.3.5.7: Discuss ways in which Arkansans adapted and modified the environment