Sturbridge+Village+RB08

=Is life better now or then? =

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 * Adult's Work**


 * Cutting Oven Wood**

They would have to cut oven wood so that they can keep their oven warm to cook on and if they did not have any oven wood then they could not have anything to eat that day until they get some wood. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=125
 * Milking the Cows**

The adults would have to milk the cows because if they wanted to have milk that week and if they did not then they would have to wait to let the milk settle. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=125
 * Planting Beans**

If the family would want something to eat the next week then they would have to plant some things in their garden and this man had planted beans for his family. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=125
 * Sowing Potatoes**

He had to plant potatoes in his garden and acording to his diary it ha taken him a very long time since he had started about 1:00 P.M. and he had been finished when it was dark and then he had gone inside. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=125
 * Conclusion**

I think that life in the 21st century is better because we do not have to go into a garden to feed the family all we have to do is go to the store and buy whatever you want to buy. They have to put their back into obtaining food for their house to eat and all we have to do is get into the car and drive down to the market and pay for what we want.


 * Children's Work

Spliting the wood**

They had to split the wood and when they were done with spliting the wood that they had to split they wood bring it all in to the house so they could burn them in the winter. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=987
 * Hoeing a portion of the garden**

They had to hoe a part of the garden, weeding, and other things like taking care of the garden. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=987
 * Shelling Corn**

They had to cut lots of bushells of corn and that would take a very long time since they had a big load. After they were done with doing this and their other chores that is when they got to play. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=987
 * Cleaning Out the Cattle**

They would have to clean out the cattle and that is a very dirty job and I am sure that I would not like to be doing that for work. http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=68
 * Conclusion**

Life is better now for children because now they did not have to do all of this hard work and back then they would have to work as hard as they could to finish their work, like now it would not be that hard to vacume your room. Our work for the kids in the 19th century is like a walk-in-the-park compared to their work.