From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2010.
- The Wessels Living History Farm, the Story of Agricultural Innovation
for a "living history farm". A committee formed in 1995 made sure that
his vision would come to fruition, and the result was the creation of the
Wessels Living History Farm. The farm was started in York, Nebraska, and
it has a long-standing partnership with the Nebraska Educational
Television Network. For visitors who can't make the trip out to York,
this website is the next best thing. The site does a great job of
providing visitors with information about how farm life has changed
since the 1920s. The sections on the site describe the farming
experience chronologically by decade, and each
decade contains seven sections, including "Machines", "Crops", and
"Pests & Weeds". Each of the sections contains a short introductory
paragraph or two, but the real highlights are the video clips that
feature people talking about changes in farm technology, farm life, and
other germane topics. Some of the subsections here include "Harvesting
Wheat", "Tractors", and "Fertilizing". The "Learning Resources" area
contains materials for teachers, complete with grade level suggestions,
objectives, and so on. Some of the featured materials here include "What
Do You Believe", and "Life Before Electricity". Finally, the site is
rounded out by a web camera that lets you peer into life down on the
Wessels farm. [KMG]