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Mike's Farm and Country Store
Beulaville, NC (http://www.mikesfarm.com/)
Resource summary
- Appropriate grades: K–5
- Subjects: science (agriculture), social studies (North Carolina)
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- Folklife Students will learn North Carolina folklore, traditions, war activities, local legends, superstitions, food preparation traditions, art, songs and dances which are unique to the area.
- Pre-Visit: Seasonal Landscapes (Farms) The following lesson is the first of three lessons studying the seasons and farms through landscape drawing, painting, and writing. In the first pre-visit activity the students will examine Grant Wood's lithographs and painting landscapes. Our observations of Wood's artwork will prepare us for our trip to a local landscape (farm) to sketch our own seasonal landscapes. We will visit and sketch the farm four times, once during each season.
- Post visit: Farm landscape book The following lesson plan is the last in a three part unit. Students will have visited the farm landscape four times throughout the year, recording their observations during four seasons. The drawings will incorporate their knowledge of farms from our visits, their exposure to the seasonal landscapes of Grant Wood and Claude Monet, and their knowledge of landscape art and its elements of color and perspective developed at the Museum. The final project will be individual student books containing their landscape drawings and text.
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- Kids Farm View images and listen to the sounds of animals on a ranch in Colorado. Also features images and information about the rodeo, wild flowers, farm equipment and more. A spelling bee will help kids learn how to spell the names of several animals.
- 4H Virtual Farm The 4-H Virtual Farm uses interactive tours and video to introduce several types of farms and explain how they operate.
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A warm wholesome family oriented atmosphere can be found on this working farm in Duplin County. Mike's Farm offers educational field trip programs for school groups in the fall and spring. Take a hayride, pick a pumpkin, see how they grow Christmas trees, and much more. The tour costs $6.00 per person, and reservations are required. Call (910) 324-3422 or toll Free: 888-820-FARM (888-820-3276). Mike's Farm is located at 1600 Haw Branch Road in Beulaville.