Pioneer Communities/Home Crafts; Work and Play

Creating cloth in pioneer times took several steps.

• True

• False

Quilting and making rugs from rags are examples of ______.

• recycling

• children's chores

• crafts brought from Europe

In pioneer times, a party where work was done was called a _____.

• bee

• festival

• square dance

Which proverb would be used by pioneers to explain why neighbors helped each other with big jobs?

• Many hands make light work.

• A stitch in time saves nine.

• All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

A branch from a tree was often attached to a barn for good luck. This was called the _________.

• roof tree

• lightning rod

• growing branch