Crafts and memoriesComparing capabilities
Carry and measure in the same container
Two pitchers, two documented capabilities.
Pedraça and Basto · material culture
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- Draw two bars with the same scale, one with 12 units and the other with seven.
- Calculate the difference in capacity between the two pieces.
- Write the inventory numbers next to the bars to keep each measure connected to the right object.
A paper comparison without needing containers or drinks.
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Crafts and memoriesCompare sizes
The light fit into a small piece
The lamps tell another story about the house.
Cavez and Basto · material culture
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- Trace three segments on paper using the same scale: 46, 17 and 27.
- Associate the first two to Cavez and the third to Devesa.
- Note that the height does not in itself inform how much light each piece produced.
Works with drawing and measurements, without lighting or experimenting with old objects.
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Time travelTwo sources, two questions
Bread also tells a story of devotion
In the accounts of Santa Senhorinha, food reveals concerns of the rural world.
Santa Senhorinha · historical reading of hagiography
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- Compare this reading with the harvests of 1758.
- It identifies the purpose of each text: religious narrative or response to a parish inquiry.
- Write a question about food that each source helps to explore.
It is not necessary to accept the narrative as literal proof to study what it reveals about its context.
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Time travelMake a word map
A valley full of names
In 1758, the parish also counted for its seats.
Santa Senhorinha · landscape described in 1758
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- Write down the names of the places mentioned, without assigning them coordinates.
- Connect Olela to the history of fairs and the church to the history of celebrations.
- It distinguishes in the drawing what comes from the account of 1758 and the questions I would like to investigate.
A scheme of relationships between stories, not a geographical map or a visitation route.
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Crafts and memoriesInvestigate function
A funnel also made dark circles
The kitchen needed tools with very own functions.
Material memory · Basto (Santa Senhorinha)
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- Write the name of the object and, in a separate line, the function indicated by the Museum.
- Compare with the function of a funnel to transfer liquids.
- Use the example to imagine a record of a household appliance you know.
A reading and registration activity; it is neither a recipe nor a manufacturing proposal.
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Time travelRead images by words
A Church Counted in Images
Before the screens, you looked at the panels.
Holy Lady · memory of 1758
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- Make two columns, one for each ship described.
- Associate with each column the theme of the paintings mentioned by the Abbot.
- Compare it to the story of the five altars of St. Nicholas, keeping the descriptions and places separate.
The exercise is part of the document of 1758, not of a photograph of the current interior.
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Between rivers and mountainsConnect water to work
The river entered the life of the fields
A cultivated margin also tells history.
Holy Lady · memory of 1758
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- Draws a river and three cards: irrigation, mills and olive oil mills.
- Connects each card to the places mentioned in the text when the document identifies them.
- He adds a question about the present: what traces would it take to document to compare the two seasons?
Memory-based scheme 1758; does not indicate accesses or operating equipment.
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The flavours of CabeceirasOne table, four clues
Bread, wine and oil filled the portrait of the earth
The parochial memory also spoke of what was being harvested.
Santa Senhorinha · agricultural production described in 1758
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- Write bread, wine, olive oil and fruit on four cards.
- Group the cards as productions mentioned in the 1758 document.
- List questions that remain unanswered, such as cereals or fruit varieties: do not fill these gaps by assumption.
Proposal on paper or on screen, from reading and its sources. It does not require visit, collection of objects or confirmation of current conditions.
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Crafts and memoriesA week waiting for news
To receive news, it was necessary to count on Fox
The letters linked parishes before they got further.
Saint Lady and Refojos · mail described in 1758
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- Draw the seven days of the week.
- It marks the arrival on Tuesday and the departure on Thursday, as shown in the report.
- Compared with the postage reading of Bucos: what did the two parishes share?
Historical calendar of 1758, no correspondence with current postal hours.
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