Ox Cart Man
This lesson plan will familiarize you with one of The Farmers' Museum's most popular tours! Donald Hall's book "Ox Cart Man" is the source of a new focused tour of the Farmers' Museum. Although the setting of the book is New England, and the time frame is earlier than that associated with the museum, the activities portrayed in the text and in most of the illustrations can be found on the grounds of the Farmers' Museum. Several sites in the Nineteenth Century Village plus the agricultural activities at the historic Lippett Farmstead provide an accurate reenactment of the story line. Young scholars, K through 2nd grade, will experience through story narration and illustration, visual presentation, and interactive activities the story of a local farmer and his family in the distant past. The book contains three principal themes: the preparation for the journey to market, the sales of his goods and the purchases made for home and family, and the return to the farmstead and seasonal agricultural life. Ox Cart Man (pdf)
Number of pages: 6
