Barbed Wire Pioneers
This is an interactive activity for children. The lesson plan is suitable for a classroom, scouts, or other learning opportunities within the community.
The Barbed Wire Pioneers: Inventing a Community comes with a DVD, twenty-five samples of historical barbed wire (in cases so safe for the children), and a create your own version of barbed wire with pipe cleaners.
Donna with 3rd graders doing the barbed wire project
The DVD and Barbed Wire Activity
Example of historical barbed wire
Example of historical barbed wire
Donna with 3rd graders doing the barbed wire project
The DVD and Barbed Wire Activity
Example of historical barbed wire
Example of historical barbed wire
Other Educational Presentations
Videos
The Seeds Are Sown: The Gunn Legacy (large file)
The DEKALB Story (Parts 1 & 2 combined - large file)
Presentations
Ag Innovator Series: DeKalb County
Marsh Harvester
Recollections by Charles Marsh