♪ Under the Blue Umbrella ♪ ♪ Yes, under the clear blue sky ♪ ♪ There's a world to be discovered ♪ ♪ That's full of things to try ♪ ♪ Everything is waiting there ♪ ♪ Just for you and me ♪ ♪ Under the Blue Umbrella ♪ ♪ Just take a look and see ♪ Dad> Come on Shawn, we've got work to do.

Beth> My name is Beth and I'm six years old.

I live with my family on a farm in Westville, Georgia.

Our day starts early, 'cause there is always chores to be done.

Mom> Go get some water to wash dishes, there is a lot of work to do today.

Kacea> Yes mam.

(tableware clanking) Mom> Beth, you've got your chores to do too.

Beth> Oh, no.

♪ Mom> Beth, Beth!

Beth!

Here, take this to your grandfather.

Kacea at the store.

Beth> I help mom in many different ways.

Every day, I take my Grandfather's dinner to him in town.

♪ Papa's a cabinetmaker.

Paul is his apprentice.

I'm going to find Kacea.

Papa> Okay, we'll see you later Beth.

Paul> Bye Beth.

Beth> We don't buy much at the stores in Westville.

We make almost everything we need ourselves.

♪ Kacea and Shawn have been to school before.

I haven't, but I'm going to start soon.

(indiscernible) We only go to school during summer and the winter.

We have to have to help in the fields the rest of the year.

Oh, I can't wait to start school next week.

Kacea> Why you so excited about starting the school?

Beth> Because I will have my new shoes by then.

Hello, Mr. Singer.

I just want to watch you working on my new shoes.

Mr. Singer> Hello Beth.

Come on in.

(hammering) Beth> Mr. Singer is a shoemaker.

He makes shoes by hand.

This will be my first pair of real shoes.

Most children get their first pair of shoes, when they start school.

I'm going to be starting school soon.

(hammering) Shoe's are made from pieces of leather.

They are put together with wooden pegs.

My shoes will fit because, Mr. Singer measured my feet and carved a last, in the shape of my foot.

Last is a wooden log, that he uses as a form for my shoes.

He only had to carve one last, because both shoes are alike.

I can wear either shoe on either foot.

When will they be finished Mr. Singer?

Mr. Singer> Don't worry Beth, they will be finished in time for you to start the school.

(hammering) Beth> There are many craftsmen like Mr. Singer and Papa, in Westville.

They are important in a town like ours.

They can make things most people can't make for themselves.

Thank You.

See you in a while, Mr. Singer.

Mr. Singer> Bye Beth.

♪ ♪ There is Mr. Blacksmith ♪ ♪ working by the fire ♪ ♪ making tools and nails and heat spring.

♪ ♪ Shoes for the for the horses ♪ ♪ grooves for the loom, hit the metal on the end we'll hear ♪ ♪ the hammers loudly ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Strands of wood and the white oak splits ♪ ♪ Put it all together in a checker board weave ♪ ♪ We can use our baskets to gather fruit ♪ ♪ roots and herbs and vegetable seeds ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There is Mr. Potter ♪ ♪ working at his wheel, making the vase ♪ ♪ of a reddish brown hue ♪ ♪ ♪ Mold it, shape it ♪ ♪ Now you're all done ♪ ♪ Make it in a kiln and it's ready to use ♪ ♪ ♪ Beth> Just like the craftsman.

Many of the things we make at home take skill, and some training.

This is a spinning wheel, Mama taught me how to make yarn out of cotton that Daddy grows.

I have to turn the spinning wheel at just the right speed, or else the thread will pop.

With my fingers, I twist the cotton fibers and pull it out, making yarn.

♪ ♪ Kacea> I'd like to finish this section before we eat.

Beth, why don't you stop, and wind up that yarn, before it gets tangled.

Beth> Okay.

♪ Beth> The wheel is used to wind yarn.

Whenever a certain amount of yarn is on the wheel, it pops.

♪ Mama taught me a song about weasel and it's pop.

Sometimes I even sing "Pop Goes the Weasel," as I wind the yarn.

♪ ♪ Kacea is using the yarn we spun, to make cloth.

Mama taught Kacea how to weave on the loom.

By moving the shuttle back and forth, Kacea is making cloth for a new bedspread.

♪ Kacea uses her feet and her hands to make the loom work.

When the shuttle goes through the threads, it leaves a piece of yarn across it.

The yarn is pulled tight and then another piece of yarn is put in the opposite way.

This makes the cloth good and strong.

♪ ♪ Mama is teaching me how to cook.

I hope my biscuits will be as good as hers.

♪ ♪ We cook and eat here in the kitchen.

The fire has to be fixed, just right for cooking.

We're having beans and roasted chicken for supper.

Mom is a good cook.

♪ ♪ I bet Daddy and Papa will be surprised that I made the biscuits.

Sometimes we bake bread in the oven outside.

For biscuits we use this pan with the lid.

It works just like the oven outside.

♪ ♪ Mom puts the hot coals on the hearth and then puts the pan on top of them.

So the biscuits can cook on top as well as on the bottom.

Hot coals are put on top of the lid.

It makes it nice and hot all around the biscuits so they can cook.

♪ ♪ ♪ We not only cook and eat in this room, we sit in here most of the time.

♪ ♪ (family talking) After supper, there is still work to be done.

Cotton has seeds in it.

These seeds have to be picked out before the cotton is used.

Kacea and I are picking out seeds.

♪ ♪ Shawn's churning butter.

It takes a long time, and a lot of hard work to make butter.

♪ Papa made his dulcimer, himself.

He's going to teach me how to play it too.

♪ Dad> Who wants some popcorn?

Kids> I do!

♪ ♪ Beth> We even grill our own popcorn.

Getting the popcorn ready to pop isn't work.

It's fun.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Life in 1850 isn't easy.

But we really don't have to work all the time.

There is some time to play after our chores are done.

Papa made these toys.

We like to play with them, about as much as we like to eat popcorn.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Bedtime comes early because our chores start when the sun comes up.

I don't mind going to bed though, because that makes it one day closer to school starting.

And the day I get my new shoes.

♪ ♪ Blacksmith, carpenter and candle maker, too ♪ ♪ They make life better for the people like you ♪ ♪ ♪ Shoemaker, potter, basket weaver ♪ ♪we need these men for the work that they do.

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