Name:
What plants does our food come from? Use the words from the word bank to correctly
write the name of the plants in the boxes below. Each correct answer is one point.
Word Bank
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Rye
Barley
+2 Points: What is another word for grist?
+3 Points: List five things at home that
came from these grains.
1-4 Points - Congratulation! You are an
industrious19th Century farmer!
5-8 Points - Congratulations! You are a hardworking mill apprentice!
9-10 Points - Congratulations! You are a
highly skilled grist miller!
Name:
Task: Pretend you are a mill apprentice at Springfield Mills. Imagine a scenario where something
with the mill goes wrong, then write and draw what catastrophe takes place and how you save the
day!
I was working late one night, when all of a sudden . . .
drawings
Name:
Vocabulary
8
10
START
Grain is hoisted up
to the 3rd Floor
of the Mill.
1
11
START
3
4
2
5
FINISH
Product is lowered down
from the 2nd Floor of the
Mill into farmers wagon.
9
12
6
7
FINISH
Wissahickon
Creek
A
B
1. Grain Bin
2. Millstone
3. Hopper
4. Horse
5. Runner Stone
6. Bed Stone
7. Case
8. Elevator
9. Sifter
10. Chute
11. Mixer
12. Bagger
Used for storing grain
Pair of stones that grind the grain
Container that feeds grain into millstone
Covers the millstone case
Upper, moving stone in a pair of millstones
Lower, stationary stone in a pair of millstone.
Covers the millstone
Lifts the grain
Removes clumps and debris from flour
Helps deliver grain via gravity
Evenly mixes nutrients in grain
Contains the grain for farmers to pick up
A. Mill Race
B. Turbine
The water wheel channel that carries water to and from the water wheel
Harnesses energy of flowing water to produce mechanical energy
Name:
Springfield Mill Crossword Puzzle
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
9
11
12
Across
13
14
1 Covers the millstone case
7 Lifts the grain
9 Evenly mixes nutrients in grain
10 Harnesses energy of flowing water to produce mechanical energy
12 Contains the grain for farmers to pick up
13 Pair of stones that grind the grain
14 Container that feeds grain into millstone
Down
2 Pair of stones that grind the grain
3 Removes clumps and debris from flour
4 The water wheel channel that carries water to and from the water wheel
5 Helps deliver grain via gravity
6 Used for storing grain
8 Lower, stationary stone in a pair of millstone
11 Covers the millstone
2
Name:
Teacher Key
What plants does our food come from? Use the words from the word bank to correctly
write the name of the plants in the boxes below. Each correct answer is one point.
corn
wheat
rye
barley
oats
Word Bank
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Rye
Barley
+2 Points: What is another word for grist?
grain
+3 Points: List five things at home that
came from these grains.
1-4 Points - Congratulation! You are an
industrious19th Century farmer!
5-8 Points - Congratulations! You are a hardworking mill apprentice!
9-10 Points - Congratulations! You are a
highly skilled grist miller!
Name:
Teacher Key
Springfield Mill Crossword Puzzle
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7 Lifts the grain
9 Evenly mixes nutrients in grain
10 Harnesses energy of flowing water to produce mechanical energy
12 Contains the grain for farmers to pick up
13 Pair of stones that grind the grain
14 Container that feeds grain into millstone
Down
2 Upper, moving stone in a pair of millstones
3 Removes clumps and debris from flour
4 The water wheel channel that carries water to and from the water wheel
5 Helps deliver grain via gravity
6 Used for storing grain
8 Lower, stationary stone in a pair of millstone
11 Covers the millstone
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