Young Yorkers Leaflet: Picking the Bitter Flower — Diary of a Hop Picker


Teacher Edition, Page 1		 Description: Students learn about the daily life of Lucy Medora Walker, a 14-year-old hop picker in the early 1800s.

Learning Goals:

  • Gather information about the daily life of a young person in the 19th century using primary documents (transcribed diary entries)
  • Recognize the changes in work time and school time in the 19th century because of the harvest
  • Discuss the importance of hops as a l9th century cash-crop industry
  • Compare and contrast the daily routines of Lucy Medora Walker (during the 1860s) with the daily routines and habits of a typical 14-year-old today

Number of pages: 10 (teacher edition – 4; student edition – 6)

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