Between rivers and mountainsCompare two watercourses
Two rivers lost their name
The water connected the mountains, the mills and the fields.
Bucos · testimony of 1758
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- It makes two columns with the names Porto Souto and Rio de Moinhos.
- Checks the described current differences and common elements: fish, fields and grinding.
- It follows the link to St. Nicholas and finds where the report places the arrival of arms of Bucos.
An exercise with historical documents, without indicating a path on the ground.
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Crafts and memoriesDraws share
Two puddles, shared water
In Beyond Rio, the water also tells a neighborhood story.
Rural heritage · survey of 2008
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- It represents two pools side by side with two circles.
- Add two characters to the consorts mentioned in the survey.
- He writes next door what the text allows to know and what remains unexplained, as the times or the amount of water of each person.
Text interpretation design. It does not represent the implementation, dimensions or current rules of puddles.
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Time travelDraw the links of the village
A small bridge, a long way
Married was in the way of a lot of people.
Bucos · transport in 1758
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- Write on a sheet Casares, parish church, Fox and mills, without putting them on a real map.
- Connect each name to the need described: crossing, receiving news, cult or grinding.
- It distinguishes what the text describes from what it merely proposes, such as the stone bridge.
Scheme of historical relations, without distances or indication of itinerary.
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Crafts and memoriesTry creating
Linen and wool have gained new steps
Local knowledge gets into the shoe design.
Pedraça and Bucos · textiles and design
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- Read the stories of linen of Pedraça, wool of Bucos and clogs of Outeiro.
- Choose two mentioned materials and draw an object that could combine them.
- Give your idea a name and write down the knowledge that inspired it. It is your creation, not a historical piece.
A design and imagination proposal, with materials of your choice.
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Time travelTry drawing
Gold and red in church
The document also kept the colors.
Bucos · assets described in 1758
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- Make a paper scheme with the center and both sides of the main altar described.
- Add the colors mentioned in the document, without displaying the drawing as reproduction of the current interior.
- Compare the historical description with the church record and identify what each source lets you know.
A paper proposal to explore history at your own pace.
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Crafts and memoriesTry watching
Whoever left also took the memory of the game
Emigration appears in the testimony of the players.
Bucos · testimony collected in 2020
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- Choose one of the three stories: departure, memory or return.
- You find in the text the person, the place and what connected your life to the game.
- Think of a knowledge you learned from someone: what would it take to convey it to someone else?
A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.
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Crafts and memoriesWatch the materials
Wool for mountain life
From raising sheep to making warm clothing: the story of wool.
crafts · Bucos
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- Choose a blanket or other fabric you can observe with permission.
- Write down material, texture and use; if you do not know the fiber, leave this information unconfirmed.
- Compare with the pieces described in Bucos: what changes between dressing, covering a bed and decorating?
It observes from an accessible space, respecting privacy and objects.
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The life you don't always seeSeparate observations and questions
The animals of an ancient portrait
An account of the mountains, written in 1758.
Bucos · memory 1758
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- Make two columns: farm animals and fauna mentioned as hunting.
- Distribute the animals referred to in the text, without adding species that the source does not name.
- Write down a question that the report does not solve, such as how many animals existed or how they were observed.
Exercise with a document of 1758, without inferring current abundance or occurrence.
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The flavours of CabeceirasThree grains, three questions
Three cereals in the same landscape
The storeroom of Bucos did not depend on one grain.
Bucos · testimony of 1758
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- Write down the three cereals named in the account of Bucos.
- It follows the connection to the rivers and identifies the task that depended on the mills.
- Compared to Alvite: which cereals appear in the two descriptions?
Keep the names used in the sources; do not deduct recipes or flour proportions from the harvests.
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Time travelThree clues to a chapel
A chapel shortened the distance
In Casares, getting to church was a practical matter.
Bucos · testimony of 1758
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- Make two lines, one for Casares and one for Carrazedo.
- In each case, it records the invocation and administrator mentioned in the document.
- Check the chapel whose function is explained by the distance to the church. Do not complete the other line by assumption.
Comparative reading of the report of 1758; does not indicate access to buildings.
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Crafts and memoriesOne object, two knowledge
Before the game, there's a woodwork
The stick also holds a crafty knowledge.
Bucos · letter described in the inventory
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- Write two columns: prepare the stick and learn the game.
- Records in each column the knowledge mentioned in the reading.
- Compared to Casa da Lã: what other crafts depend on learning from someone?
A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.
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Crafts and memoriesA letter without an invented map
The letters came from somewhere else
Receiving news also implied distance.
Bucos · communications in 1758
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- Draw Bucos and Rapoeira as two points linked to information on mail.
- Register the distance as it appears in the source without converting it into a current path.
- Place the Casares Bridge on a separate card and explain why you should not turn it into a proven mail step.
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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