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South Ridge students get a taste of pioneer life

The Columbian
Published: August 10, 2019, 5:57am
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RIDGEFIELD: On Pioneer Day, fourth-grade students at South Ridge Elementary School learned to wash clothes the old-fashioned way: with bars of soap, washboards and tubs of water. Following several weeks of learning about pioneers, students had the opportunity to dress up and simulate the real activities of pioneers.
RIDGEFIELD: On Pioneer Day, fourth-grade students at South Ridge Elementary School learned to wash clothes the old-fashioned way: with bars of soap, washboards and tubs of water. Following several weeks of learning about pioneers, students had the opportunity to dress up and simulate the real activities of pioneers. Photo Gallery

RIDGEFIELD — Following weeks studying the lives of pioneers, the fourth-grade class at South Ridge Elementary School celebrated Pioneer Day. Teachers dressed in costume as students rotated through stations learning something new at each one. They peeled apples and ground wheat to learn about food preservation, poked holes in tin to make lanterns, made yarn from wool, used a washboard to do laundry and milked goats.

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