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Summary and Objective
Children will understand the work involved in making butter in the 1700 and 1800's as compared to the manufacturing process today. They will use literature, historical objects, and homemade butter churns to experience the process.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
pre-activity- Read "Little House in the Big Woods" and "If You Lived in Colonial Times" to help the children to imagine what it was like to be a boy or girl living in the 1700 and 1800's.
Step 2.
Have a class discussion about what butter is made from, how it was made, and how long it may have taken to make it.
Step 3.
Have children examine the milk pan and the churn from the digital collection and brainstorm how these items may have been used. (The milk from the cow was poured into the milk pan and allowed to sit overnight to give the cream time to rise to the top. Then it was skimmed off in the morning and put in the churn.)
Step 4.
Make a butter churn with a wide mouth container with a plastic lid and Tinkertoy parts. Cut a hole in the center of the lid.Make a dasher with 8 of the shortest (1") Tinkertoy dowels around a wheel, and 1 long dowel for the handle. Assemble the butter churn by putting the dasher in the can with the handle sticking out of the hole.Pour heavy cream into the churn and begin beating the dasher up and down for about 20 min. Pour off the excess liquid. Serve with crackers.
Step 5.
Make butter with a food processor to see how much time is saved. Discuss how much easier it is for machinery to complete the work.
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