APPLEFEST
POST-VISIT PACKET AND QUIZZES
APPLEFEST FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION
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Invite students to share a tall tale of their own in the form of a poem, song, or story.
Ask students to plant seeds from different fruits, then compare and record their results.
Suggest that students create an apple store containing foods made from apples.
Ask students to write an apple cookbook.
Initiate an apple bob after explaining how it is done. Then ask students to invent another
apple game.
6. Bring in several different types of apples and ask students to record how they taste and
make a list of uses for each type of apple. Follow-up by requesting students write briefly
about which apple that they like best.
7. Have students ponder the following questions. Answers on the back.
NO’S 1-5
1. Name one
animal that
lives in a tree.
NO’S 6-10
6. What do tree
roots get from
the soil?
NO’S 11-15
11. Name one
way that seeds
are moved.
2. What insect
helps to
pollinate apple
trees?
3. Name a fruit
that has only
one seed.
7. Why does a
tree need bark?
12. Name two
things that
come from
trees.
13. Name two
fruits that grow
on trees.
4. Name a fruit
that has many
seeds.
9. The color
_______ helps
leaves make
food.
10. In what
season do trees
lose their
leaves?
5. Name one
kind of apple.
8. How does a
tree take in air?
NO’S 16-20
16. What is one
thing a seed
needs in order
to grow?
17. Why do
flowers make
pollen?
NO’S 21-25
21. What are
two foods made
from apples?
18. Which state
grows the most
apples?
23. Name one
insect that lives
on a tree.
14. Name one
19. Tell one
part of a flower. reason why
apples are good
for you.
15. What is the 20. Name two
tiny plant inside fruits that are
a seed called?
made into jam
or jelly.
24. In what
season do trees
grow blossoms?
22. Who was
Johnny Appleseed?
25. What is
your favorite
apple dish?
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ANSWERS TO TABLE, QUESTION # 7
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squirrel, bird, monkey, etc.
bee
peach, plum, avocado, etc.
apple, orange, grape, berries, etc.
McIntosh, Delicious, Pippin, Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Granny Smith,
Winesap, etc.
6. water and minerals
7. to protect it from insects, disease, and drying out.
8. through tiny holes on the underside of their leaves.
9. green
10.autumn or fall
11.birds, wind, animals, water, etc.
12.fruit, wood, paper, nuts, etc.
13.pear, apple, banana, peach, plum, orange, lemon, lime, etc.
14.filament, stigma, style, ovule, anther, carpel, ovary, sepal, petal, etc.
15.embryo plant
16.water, sunlight and oxygen from the air
17.so seeds can be formed
18.Washington
19.low fat, Vitamin A & C, low sodium, few calories, pectin for digestion
20.berries, apples, oranges, peaches, plums, pears, etc.
21.juice, pie, cobbler, jam or jelly, cider, vinegar, applesauce, etc.
22.John Chapman who started orchards for the pioneers
23.caterpillars, moths, beetles, termites, etc.
24.spring
25.answers will vary
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MORE APPLE ACTIVITIES
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APPLES AND MORE:
FACTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
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Apple blossom is the state flower of Michigan.
2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States.
7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.
100 varieties of apples are grown commercially in the United States.
Apples are grown commercially in 36 states.
Apples are grown in all 50 states.
United States consumers eat an average of 45.5 pounds of apples.
61% of United States apples are eaten as fresh fruit.
39% of apples are processed into apple products; 21% of this for juice and cider.
The top apple producing state is Washington.
Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free.
A medium apple is about 80 calories.
Apples are a great source of fiber. One apple has five grams of fiber.
In 1997 there were 9,000 apple growers with orchards covering 453,200 acres.
The Pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The science of apple growing is called pomology.
Apple trees take four or five years to produce their first fruit.
Most apples are still picked by hand in the fall.
Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit.
Apples are propagated by two methods: grafting or budding.
The apple variety ‘Delicious’ is the most widely grown in the United States.
In Europe, France, Italy and Germany are the leading apple producing countries.
The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and Black Sea.
Apples were the favorite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans.
Apples are members of the rose family.
Apples harvested from an average tree can fill 20 boxes that weigh 42 pounds each.
Americans eat 19.6 pounds of fresh apples every year.
The largest apple picked weighed 3 pounds.
Europeans each eat about 46 pounds of apples annually.
The average size of a United States orchard is 50 acres.
Many growers use dwarf apple trees.
Charred apples have been found in prehistoric dwellings in Switzerland.
Most apple blossoms are pink when they open but gradually fade to white.
Some apple trees will grow over forty feet high and live over a hundred years.
Most apples can be grown farther north than most other fruits because they blossom late
in spring, minimizing frost damage.
It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.
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Apples are the second most valuable fruit grown in the United States. Oranges are the
first.
In colonial times, apples were called winter banana or melt-in-the-mouth.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts the apple crop each year.
The Lady or Api apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence.
Newton Pippin apples were the first apples exported from America (1868). Some were
sent to Benjamin Franklin in London.
In 1730 the first apple nursery was opened in Flushing, New York.
One of George Washington’s hobbies was pruning his apple trees.
America’s longest-lived apple tree was reportedly planted in 1647 by Peter Stuyvesant in
his Manhattan orchard and was still bearing fruit when a derailed train struck it in 1866.
REMEMBERING AN APPLE CUTTING
An apple-bee or apple cutting as it was called in the Middle West, was a common entertainment
in the fall among farmers. After the summer’s work was laid by, in the lull of the year, the appleorchards were scenes of jollity and abundance. The early fall apples and what were left over
from the late summer trees were gathered in heaps in the orchards among their own trees, some
for the cider-mill and apple-butter making, and some for drying. For both of these processes
large quantities of apples, peeled, cored, and quartered, were necessary, as every family made at
least a half barrel of apple-butter, or never less than one big copper kettle full. Dried apples were
greatly depended upon also, as fruit canning was then not known. Preserving meant jellies, sugar
preserves, thick and rich, and made so strong as to require no scaling.
Usually invitations were sent about by word of mouth a few days before the apple cutting was to
come off. Tubs, baskets, large kettles, all sorts of receptacles came into use to hold the apples
brought into the house for the workers. Usually the “married folks” came and worked all day or
afternoon, peeling by hand and with peelers, coring and quartering, and spreading out on
improvised scaffolds in the sun to dry. At noon or later a dinner, such as [Washington] Irving
describes in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, was served. Some of the visiting women helped the
hostess to make ready what was necessarily left to be done—coffee, hot biscuit, and vegetables.
Before the neighbors left there was a clean-up after the work and more apples were brought in
for the young folks who were to come to work after dusk. More baking of pies, cakes, and
biscuit, and supper for the family alone, while the old folks went home to send the young ones
for their share of work and fun. Then work, with jokes, tricks, counting apple seeds to be
named—“One I love, Two I love, Three I love I say, Four he loves, Five she loves,” etc.,
throwing a long peeling around the head to see what letter it would make. (How did it always
happen to be the right one?) Jokes about Ben’s slow peeling, or Nancy’s slow quartering, or
Mary Ann’s poor coring, “leaves half the core eyes in.” “And you leave a ring ‘o peelin’ on both
ends of every apple, and that’s why I can’t keep up corin’ for peelin’ after you—huh!”
Then came supper, apple and pumpkin pies, cider, doughnuts, cakes, cold chicken and turkey;
after which games, “Forfeits,” “Building a Bridge,” “Snatchability,” even “Blind Man’s Bluff”
and “Pussy Wants a Corner,” then going home in the moonlight. All these customs I knew before
I was ten years old, by having been present at an apple peeling in my own home, and one at my
grandmother’s.
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APPLES AND CIDER
The first apple seeds arrived in America aboard the Pilgrim ship, Mayflower. Not long thereafter,
a Boston clergyman on Beacon Hill planted the first orchard in the New World. Apples became
the national fruit by the time the colonies became the United States of America.
The overwhelming popularity of the apple in America was due in large part to cider, that
deliciously biting home-brew of years past, enjoyed by young and old alike. Modern cider bears
little resemblance to the tart, mildly alcoholic beverage called hard cider brewed in early years of
America.
Early colonists believed that a good many human ills came from drinking water. In Europe, the
waters had been polluted by every manner of filth. In Elizabethan England, it was common
practice to dump the contaminated bedclothes of plague victims and other with contagious
diseases into the nearest body of water. And although the complexities of bacteriology had yet to
be unraveled, the connection between drinking water and disease was apparent. Or so it seemed
to the colonists who, despite an abundance of fresh, pure water, continued to consume great
quantities of home-brewed beers and wines. Apple cider, which is at least technically a wine,
became the most popular drink in colonial America.
Cider making time began late each fall. Bushel upon bushel of fragrant, ripe apples were
crushed into pulp and pressed for their juices. And when the fermenting and racking was finally
done, it was usually early summer. But in a good year, enough cider was put up to last a year,
and according to contemporary accounts, that amount seems to have been considerable, at least
several barrels (with each barrel containing a little more than thirty-one gallons) for the average
small farm.
No less important to the colonial household than the cider itself was cider vinegar. Easily made
(sometimes unwittingly) from apple cider, the vinegar was used for pickling, one of the common
means of food preservation.
Taking cider a step further, a New Jersey Scot named Laird, by the end of 17th century, had
perfected his own technique of distilling cider to make apple brandy, better known as applejack.
One of his descendants, some years later, began bottling the brew for sale. Today, Laird &
Company still flourishes in New Jersey, turning out nearly all of the applejack distilled
commercially in the United States.
Colonial housewives used apples year round. Baked fried, stewed or pickled apples, served in a
myriad of ways, accompanied nearly every colonial meal. Properly stored (apples fare best at
low temperatures, 32-50 degrees with high humidity), some apples were kept in fruit cellars until
the following summer. Apples that would not keep in storage were often dried and used in
cooking throughout the winter.
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APPLEFEST QUIZZES
KINDERGARTEN
Directions: Read the questions or instructions to your kindergarten class. Please
make changes as needed to tailor the material to student ability levels.
1. You visited Heritage Village at Apple Fest. If you come back in October to
visit our “Haunted Village,” which decoration might you see? Circle the
best picture.
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2. Look at the pictures below. Circle the product or thing that often has apples
in it.
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3. See the map of Heritage Village below. Color the water blue, the buildings red
for Apple Fest and the trees green.
3. Look at the map and pick the number of the house that you like. In the block
below, write its number and your name next to the number.
Write here:
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4. An apple is a fruit. It comes from a tree. Circle the picture of another fruit
that comes from a tree.
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5. Heritage Village has a barn, the Gatch Barn. Circle the picture of a barn.
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6. If you lived in a 19th century village—an old time place—what type of
transportation do you think you might see? Circle the picture of an old form
of transportation.
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7. How much time did we spend at Heritage Village during Apple Fest? Circle
the correct answer.
A. A week.
B. Part of a day.
C. Part of an hour.
8. When we went to Heritage Village, we saw a person who acted
like a person who lived a long time ago. What was this person’s
name? Circle the correct answer.
A. Brittany Spears
B. George Bush
C. Johnny Appleseed
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9. Which is a true statement about apples? Circle the correct answer.
A. There is only one kind of apple—and it’s red and sour.
B. Apples can be made into applesauce.
C. Apples are always red.
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If I could choose an apple activity—something to do with
apples—I would choose to: Circle the activity you would like to do.
A. Make applesauce by cooking the apples.
B. Make an apple doll.
C. Dry apples and put them on a string.
D. Make an apple seed picture.
E. Bake an apple pie.
F. Eat an apple.
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FIRST GRADE
Directions: Please read the questions to your students, if appropriate, and
interpret or change them as needed.
1. Apple Fest occurs in September. And it celebrates a season, type of farm
work done, and seasonal event. Circle the season, type of farm work done,
and seasonal event that go with September, October, and November.
A. Fall—harvest the crops and Thanksgiving.
B. Spring—plant the crops and Mother’s Day.
C. Summer—cultivate the crops and Fourth of July.
2. Heritage Village is found in the United States of America. Circle a symbol
of the United States that you find in your school and at Heritage Village.
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3. When we were at Apple Fest, we learned about an apple tree—a plant.
Circle the thing that an apple tree and other plants have.
BLOSSOMS AND LEAVES
FUR AND EARS
HAIR AND EYES
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4. When we were at Apple Fest, we saw apples that were cored, cut up and put
into a pot. What happened to these apples? Circle the correct answer.
A. They became a gas and totally evaporated into the air.
B. They became mushy and lost their shape as some of the water in them
evaporated into the air.
C. They grew bigger and harder as water and air seeped into them and
strengthened their fibers.
5. Write a few words about Apple Fest or about something that might happen
in Heritage Village. You can use your imagination. Write it in the block
below.
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6. Use the map of Heritage Village below to color the water blue and the
buildings red for Apple Fest. Find a place to put a school and draw it there.
Color the school yellow. Color the trees green and write your name in the
square below the map.
Write your name here:
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7. One of the ladies who lived in a house in the Village, Mrs. Vorhes, had
thirteen children. We will pretend that Mrs. Vorhes had one child each year
and they range in age from 1 to 13. Circle the number that shows your age.
1
2
5
3
6
8
7
9
11
4
10
12
13
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8. Which of the ways of getting food would not have been available to people
in the 19th century—in an old time place like Heritage Village? Circle the
correct answer.
Hunting for food.
Growing food on your farm or in your garden.
Ordering food from a fast-food restaurant.
(a McDonalds or Wendys, etc.)
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9. One of the places that you saw at Heritage Village, Chester Park Station,
was a transportation hub. Circle the form of transportation that the Station
represents.
An airplane.
A steam engine.
A bus.
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10.What do you think the expression, “She’s the apple of his eye,” means?
Circle the best answer.
A. His eye is full of applesauce.
B. She hit him in the eye with an apple.
C. He really likes the girl.
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SECOND GRADE
Directions: Circle the best answer or write an answer in the space
provided.
1. Apple Fest mimics the old time apple bees where neighbors got together to
help each other harvest and preserve (process) apples. If two small children
were told to each make a stack of 9 apples and to keep these stacks full so
that others could peel, cut, and quarter the apples, how many apples would
they have to keep ready? Circle the number sentence that represents the best
answer.
A. 9 + 2 = 11
B. 9 + 9 = 18
C. 9 + 2 + 9 = 20
2. Heritage Village represents a 19th century village—one that existed more
than 100 years ago in the United States. Which animals would the people of
the village have seen in or around the Village? Circle all of the correct
answers.
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Use this map of Heritage Village to answer questions 3 & 4 below.
3. Color the stream next to Heritage Village blue, Chester Park Station red, and
the Gatch Barn brown.
Circle the oldest house in the Village, Kemper Log House.
4. The doors to Gatch Barn face the back of Hayner House and the stream.
Write the direction that the doors face in the space below.
Write the direction here:
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5. Pioneer farmers planted many seeds, including many apple seeds. Circle the
things that most seeds need to grow.
Sunshine.
A fence.
Water.
Soil.
6. You went to Apple Fest and learned many things. Look at the sentences
below. Circle the one that is true.
A. The big red apples were the best apples.
B. Apples can be used in many ways.
C. Only green apples can be used to make pies.
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7. There are many apple expressions. One of them is “an apple a day keeps
the doctor away.” Write your own sentence in the space below to explain
what this expression means.
Write here:
8. The governing council of Heritage Village made laws (rules) for the Village.
What is the title of the person who most often enforces laws? Circle the
correct answer.
A. The schoolteacher.
B. The judge.
C. The sheriff or policemen.
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Question 9 refers to the pictures below.
A barn.
9. Farmer Gatch finds that he has too many big baskets of apples to sit on his
barn floor. He decides to lift the baskets up to the loft. Circle the device that
would help him to get this done.
A scythe.
A pulley.
A handcart.
Baskets of apples to lift.
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10.Look at the pictures of 19th century transportation below. Use the pictures to
write a story about how transportation changed.
1804 Kemper House built.
with the current one way on the river. Slow
Flatboat—floated
1835 Vorhes House built.
Steamboat—powered by
steam engine and went both ways—with and against current on the river. Faster.
1878 Chester Park Station expanded.
Steam engine—
powered by steam, it pulled railroad cars along tracks. Faster.
Write here:
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THIRD GRADE
Instructions: Circle the best answer or write in the space provided.
1. Many pioneers had apple trees. During an apple bee or cutting, people got
together to make applesauce, apple cider and other apple products. They
peeled, cored and cut the apples. Most apples were cut into four pieces.
Circle the fraction that represents cutting an apple into four pieces.
A. ½
B. 1/3
C. ¼
2. Many apple expressions exist. Write a story based on the expression, “One
rotten apple spoils the bunch.” Use the block below to write your story.
Write here:
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Question 3 refers to the map of Heritage Village below.
3. When you arrived at Heritage Village, you took the gravel path that passes
Hayner House and Elk Lick House. Circle the direction that this path runs
from the Bridge toward Chester Park Station.
A. East
B. North
C. West.
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Question 4 refers to the map below.
4. Use the scale of miles to judge about how far it would be from Piqua to
Cincinnati on the Miami and Erie Canal. Circle the best answer.
A. 40 miles
B. 80 miles
C. 130 miles
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5. If Heritage Village had a governing council, what would it do to set up
rules? Circle the best answer.
A. It would appoint a referee or judge.
B. It would tell everyone to behave.
C. It would pass laws.
6. The following passage can be found in Daniel Drake’s book about
Cincinnati written in 1815. Use the text box after the passage to write
Drake’s main idea—to tell what Drake meant.
A great portion of the inhabitants are temperate. (sober) There are not a few,
however, who daily but quietly become intoxicated, and no very inconsiderable
number have been know to fall victims to that habit. Whiskey is in universal, but
not exclusive use, among the intemperate: (drunks) beer and cider are generally
drunk by those of more sobriety. Well water is generally drunk in the summer; and
used otherwise by a few throughout the whole year. But the water of the river
drawn up in barrels, is employed for all domestic purposes by far the greatest
number, and is drunk throughout the year by at least half the inhabitants.
Write here:
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7. Pretend that you are a farmer who wants to bring many baskets of apples
from the apple orchard to a barn a mile away. Circle the method that would
be most useful for this task.
A buckwagon.
A horse.
A hand truck
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8. Suppose a farmer owns a large apple orchard and grows many apples to sell.
The economic activity of the farmer is called (circle the best answer)
A. Production.
B. Consumption.
C. Eating.
9. Mrs. Kemper has 15 children. She tells the youngest 6 children to pick
melons from the garden. She expects that each child will bring her 11
melons. How many melons will Mrs. Kemper’s youngest 6 children bring to
her? Circle the correct answer.
A. 17.
B. 31.
C. 66.
For a bonus, write a number sentence to express the above math.
Write here:
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10.Kemper Log House was built in 1804. About how many centuries ago was
it built? Circle the correct answer.
A. 200
B. 20
C. 2.
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