THE OLD TRADES

6-10 years Primary School | 11-13 years Secondary School

Stories, reality and representation of agricultural and peasant life in the past

02:00 Hours
Duration
Price on request
Price

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING OBJECTIVES

  • Knowledge of old trades:
  1. agriculture
  2. animal husbandry
  3. carpentry
  4. blacksmithing
  5. cooking and the hearth
  • Watching and explaining the use of tools and utensils
  • Importance of manual skills
  • Knowledge of the rhythms of the rural day
  • Importance of the land, its morphology, flora and fauna
  • Importance of the cycle of the seasons: sowing, harvesting and conservation
  • Importance of the direct transmission of skills, abilities and Wisdom
  • Reflection on theentry of technology into agriculture and animal husbandry: changes, benefits, gains and losses

Contract terms

Information on Farm Trails

  • time of year: all year round it is possible to agree on educational trails
  • minimum number of people: 15
  • booking required, at least 7 days in advance
  • booking deposit 30% of the total amount agreed
  • the routes indicated below can be varied according to the needs of the users
  • The target group indicated is indicative and can be adapted to groups with specific needs if agreed upon

Requirements

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Number of participants

Minimum number of participants: 15
Maximum number of participants: 30

Requested time

02:00 Hours

Numero massimo di persone

15 Persons

Type of user
  • Ragazzi Scuola Secondaria di 1° grado (11-13 anni)
  • Bambini Scuola Primaria (6-10 anni)
Program

DESCRIPTION OF STAGES

  • Welcoming
  • Presentation of the place and activities
  • Touching the tools, observing and trying to understand what the object was used for with quiz games
  • Practical demonstration of use
  • Viewing of period photos
  • Stories, information and reflections on rural life in the past
  • Testimonies and memories
  • Comparison with today's habits
  • Sharing of thoughts and reflections
  • Workshop in groups

METHODS

  • Interactive lesson
  • Information
  • Stories and testimonies
  • Interaction in practical demonstration
  • Observation
  • Reflection and consideration
  • Comparison
  • Workshop in groups

TOOLS

Tools, utensils, blackboard, pencils, markers, paper, etc.

PROFESSIONAL FIGURES INVOLVED

  • Montessori educator and Creative Imagination Workshop operator
  • Didactic farm operator Agronomist owner of the farm
  • Agri-farm team

PERIOD OF REALISATION

the whole year