KID'S CHORES

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KID'S CHORES
In the 1850s
By Laurel
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Collecting Items

• Gather wood Kids would look around and find dead
  trees, small logs, or sticks for firewood.
• Pick Berries Children would look around for
  berries and gather them for snacks or pies.
• Gather cow chips The job of collecting
  droppings of oxen, buffalo, and cattle belonged
  to kids. Children would walk beside the wagon,
  picking up the chips, making sure they were dry,
  then handing them to their mother to be used as
  fire fuel on the treeless prairie.

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Animal Related

• Herd cattle Follow cattle and lead them along
• Milk cows Pull utters and collect milk in pail
  for drinking and cooking
• Drive wagons Get in wagon and drive oxen, mules,
  or horses
• Feed animals Fill feed trough with corn, grain,
  or hay and lead animals to it.
• Water animals Take livestock to the creek for
  water

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Boys Chores

• Help fathers Most boys would help their fathers
  with their chores
• Hunt Boys would hunt animals with a rifle, trap
  or knife
• Fish Boys would use nets to fish
• Shoot a rifle Boys would learn how to shoot one
  so they could hunt food and protect the family.

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Girls Chores

• Cooking Girls would cook the meals with their
  mom. This was a very important job.
• Washing Girls would also wash clothes, blankets
  and other items with their moms.
• Babysitting Girls would take turns babysitting
  the smaller children.
• Sewing Girls would sew new clothes and mend old
  ones in their spare time.

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• Kids would spend most of the day doing chores
• Kids would usually get chores depending on their
  age
• If a kid was old enough, theyd do work that was
  harder with their parent
• The chores they did as kids helped them prepare
  for their future as an adult
• Some chores could be dangerous, for example kids
  who walk next to the wagon to the wagon to
  collect chips could fall under the wagon and get
  crushed.

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Credits

• Typing by Laurel
• Pictures from Net trekker
• Information sites by Mrs. Simmons
• Awesomeness by Laurel
• And computer from Sharon Elementary
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