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On November 13th it was Prairie Day. Prairie Day is a day where it is close to wrapping up the study of the Westward Movement. We had a lot of fun activities. There were four groups. One group went to Tims’ Homestation, one to Vanessas’ Homestation, one to Nancys’ Homstation, and one to Kai's Homestation and there was a place where you could get a quick snack. The students brought baked goods and treats for the 4-5 Prairie Day. In Tims’ Homestation, we learned about how kids in the eighteen-hundreds were entertained. They played dominoes where you match two dominoes together or you can knock them down and there were marbles. Where you get a mat and try to hit one marble with another marble. In Nancy’s homestation we made cornhusk dolls. Cornhusk dolls are dolls that are made out of the husk that goes around the corn. In Kai’s homestation you could dress up like people in the 1840’s. They even had bandanas. In Vanessa’s homestation we made miniatures like mini butter churners and mini clothing and we got to dress up how they dressed in the 1800s. In total prairie day was super fun.


by Asahel and Daphne

 

 

 

 

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