Explanation Writing: Howick Historical Village

Howick Historical Village 28 July 2017

WALT - Write an explanation writing

Success Criteria:

• Include information that happened throughout the day
• List the events that happened in order
• Include expensive words to keep my writing interesting
• Include information about the topic

Howick Historical Village is a re-creation of villages and houses from the olden days of Howick Village. It is a living museum and takes us back to the times 1840 - 1880. It shows the everyday life of villagers and soldiers of people who used to live there back in the days.

Yesterday the classes of the senior side got the opportunity to explore and learn about the lifestyle of the people in 1840 to 1880. The Howick Historical Village talked about how students and kids used to attend school and the huge differences that have been made. They also included information about how things worked and operated back then.

Back then the majority of people’s life were spent working and doing chores rather than education and school work. People mostly focused on the process of growing up and learning the needs of becoming an adult. They also said that the children would go to school up until ages 11 to 12 and then start working and looking for marriage.

Women back then focused on the jobs of cleaning clothes, milking cows, and sewing and mending ripped blankets and clothing. They were also in charge of making condiments like butter and cheese. Men on the other hand did the more harder jobs. They were to cut down trees and chop wood and they were also in charge of making and building houses, making weapons and other things like that.

The houses and villages were also very different and well designed. The houses back then were made out of wood and mostly had one level. Back then if you were rich and had lots of  money you would be able to afford a house with two levels, and maids. The interior of the houses were also very different compared from now.

Obviously lots of things have changed over the years but it was cool to see how people lived and survived back in the days. It was also very interesting to see how things were so different back then and how things worked without electricity, buttons or switches. I would hope to go again next time later in the year to see how more things have changed.