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By Mary H.
HOW TO GET: Water from the well
MATERIALS: Water, stones, wood (logs), nails, a bucket, a box (wood crate)
DIRECTIONS:
1. First you have to chop wood to use for the well.
2. Then you have to kill a cow and get leather from it.
3. Then cut a square hole in bucket and cut a square of the leather and attach the leather over the hole of the bucket.
4. Attach the bucket to the end of a piece of wood that is long but round with a piece of cord.
5. Dig a hole for the well and build rocks up around it to make a wall.
6. Find a piece of a log that comes to a "y" at the end. Stick it in the ground "y" up, 5 feet from the well.
7. Now take the log with the bucket attached and rest it over the "y' log, bucket end over the well.
USES FOR:
The well was used for water to drink. Water was used for other things
like brushing teeth, feeding pets and animals, taking a bath , washing
clothes , dishes and watering crops.
Send comments and inquires to the third grade teachers from Germantown Academy, Micki Vieille, Sandy Bennett, Cara Herold.
Technical assistances and design furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist, Germantown Academy.