AY Honors/Pioneering/Answer Key
1. Describe in writing, orally, or with pictures how the early pioneers met the following basic living needs:
a. Housing and furnishings
Housing
The first European settlers in the New World came from England, and brought English building practices with them. In England, timber was scarce, and the building techniques reflected that scarcity. This really made little sense, because the East Coast of the New World where they settled was literally covered with timber. When the Swedes arrived around 1640, they introduced the log cabin. Compared to other house-building techniques, log cabin construction saved a lot of labor. Logs needed to be debarked, cut to length, and notched where they made joints. They did not need to be sawn into planks.
The log cabin served the pioneers well until they pushed into the Great Plains where trees again were scarce. Settlers in the plains turned to the most abundant building material available to them - sod. They would cut from the ground rectangles of sod measuring about 600×300×150mm
, and pile them into walls. The resulting structure was a well-insulated but damp dwelling that was very inexpensive. Sod houses required frequent maintenance and were vulnerable to rain damage. Stucco or wood panels often protected the outer walls. Canvas or plaster often lined the interior walls.
Furnishings
b. Clothing
c. Food
d. Cooking
e. Warmth and light
f. Tools and handiwork
g. Sanitation
h. Transportation
2. Construct a piece of useful furniture by lashing. Learn the following lashings:
a. Square
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Square
b. Diagonal
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Diagonal
c. Sheer
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Sheer
d. Continuous
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Continuous
3. Do one of the following:
a. Weave a basket using natural materials.
b. Make a pair of leather moccasins
c. Make a lady's bonnet by hand sewing.
d. Make a simple toy used by the pioneers.
4. Know how to make flour from at least one wild plant for use in baking.
5. Build a fire without matches. Use natural fire building materials. Keep the fire going for five minutes. You may use the following to start your fire:
a. Flint and steel
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Fire/Flint and steel
b. Friction
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Fire/Friction
c. Electric spark
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Fire/Electric spark
d. Curved glass
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Fire/Curved glass
e. Metal match
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Fire/Metal match
f. Compressed air
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Fire/Compressed air
6. Show axmanship knowledge in the following:
a. Describe the best types of axes.
b. Show how to sharpen an ax properly.
c. Know and practice safety rules in the use of an ax.
d. Know the proper way to use an ax.
e. Properly cut in two a log at least eight inches (20.3 cm) thick.
f. Properly split wood that is at least eight inches (20.3 cm) in diameter and one foot (30.5 cm) long.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Splitting firewood
7. Do two of the following:
a. Make a ten-foot (3.0 meters) rope from natural material or twine.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Knots/Making rope
b. Tie ten knots useful to the pioneer and tell how they were used.
1. Bowline
2. Bowline on a bight
Template:Knot bowline on a bight
3. Clove hitch
4. Double fisherman's
Template:Knot double fishermans
5. Figure eight
6. Prusik
7. Sheepshank
8. Square
9. Taut-line hitch
10. Two half hitches
Template:Knot two half hitches
c. Using rope and natural materials, make one device for moving heavy objects.
d. Construct an adequate and comfortable latrine.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Latrine
8. Explain the need for proper sanitation relating to solid and human waste and the washing of body, clothes, and dishes.
9. Assist in the construction of a ten-foot (3.0 meters) long log or rope bridge, using lashings.
10. Know four ways to keep the wilderness beautiful.
11. Do two of the following:
a. Make a wax candle or other form of pioneer light source.
See the Candlemaking honor for instruction. Why not earn it while you're at it?
b. Make a batch of soap.
Note that this is also a major requirement for the Soap Craft - Advanced honor.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Making soap
c. Milk a cow.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Milk a cow
d. Churn butter.
This can be done when sitting around the campfire. Get a half pint of heavy cream and place it in a sealable container with a wide mouth, such as a Tupperware vessel. Place a marble (or similar object) in the container with the cream and seal it up tight. Then pass it around the campfire having everyone shake it for a minute or two. After ten to fifteen minutes, the container should have two things in it: butter, and buttermilk. You can pour off the buttermilk (save it for biscuits or pancakes in the morning) and you are left with solid butter. Delicious!
e. Make a quill pen and write with it.
f. Make a corn husk doll.
g. Assist in making a quilt.
Why not earn the Quilting honor while you're at it?
12. Know five home remedies from wild plants and explain their uses.
13. Do one of the following:
a. Assist in constructing a raft, using lashings. Take a five-mile (8.3 km) trip on a river with this raft.
b. With an experienced wrangler, participate in a two-day, 15-mile (25 km) horseback trip, carrying all needed supplies on a pack horse you have learned to pack.
c. With an experienced leader, participate in a two-day, 15-mile (25 km) canoe trip, carrying all needed supplies properly. A short portage should be done.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Canoe trip
d. With an experienced leader, participate in a two-day, 15-mile (25 km) backpack trip, carrying all needed supplies.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Backpack trip
