Woodworking Achievement Worksheet Division 1 Ages 5 to 8

I am the parent or legal guardian of the minor whose name appears below. They have my permission to participate in this program. I have read and understand the SCA’s Policies affecting Youth and been provided with a copy of “How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse”. Signature of Parent or Guardian: Date:

I desire that the Achievement Token, when eligible to be worn, be presented in the following manner by/at: ( ) Privately, by the parent/guardian ( ) At a local group event at the discretion of the Group Seneschal ( ) At a Baronial Event at the discretion of the Territorial Baron/Baroness ( ) At a Kingdom or Principality Level Event at the discretion of the Crown

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Woodworking is the activity or skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (Cabinetry and Furniture), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning. Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. The development of civilization was closely tied to the development of increasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.

Since wood was the most common building material in the Middle Ages, carpenters prospered. They also were considered to be among the most skilled craftsmen.

All buildings used wood in some way. Buildings were sometimes constructed almost entirely out of wood, from the framing for their walls and roofs to their siding and shingles. Even stone buildings required considerable wooden construction. For instance, while being built, wood was needed for scaffolding, ramps and frames to support arches until the mortar hardened. Later, wood was used for doors, window frames, floors, roof beams, and some interior walls.

Although most of the wooden buildings of the Middle Ages have long since vanished, we still have contemporary illustrations of buildings and other wooden structures either completed or under construction.

Woodworkers of the Middle Ages also were skilled in creating wooden figurines and statues, some of which still stand today. Carpenters, however, had to belong to guilds – groups that were designed to protect the interests of people in certain occupations. They also were required to do apprenticeships with established carpenters. Their tools were much simpler than what we use today, but they had to know how to use them as well as know math and woodworking. This knowledge was necessary in order to create furniture, wagons, and homes for people of that era – even kings and lords.

Woodworking Achievement Worksheet Division 1 Ages 5 to 8

Done where and Completed with Approved by Activity when? whom?

Complete these requirements:

1 Learn about whittling /woodcarving: a. Participate in a woodcarving or whittling class at an SCA group event or guild meeting. b. Know the safety rules for handling a knife. c. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife. d. Make a soap carving with tools you have made. Work with your parent, guardian or other adult when doing this.

2 Point out and name seven tools. Do this at home, or go to a hardware store with an adult. Tell what each tool does.

3 Show how to use and take care of four of these tools. (Hammer, Hand saw, Hand drill, C-clamp, Wood plane, Pliers, Crescent wrench, Screwdriver, Bench vise, Coping saw, Drill bit).

4 Identify a Philips head and a standard screw. Then use the right tool to drive and then remove a standard screw from a board. Were screws used in the Middle Ages as fasteners? Why or why not?

5 Use at least two tools listed in requirement 3 above to fix something.

6 Make a toolbox, birdhouse, a set of bookends, or something else useful. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography

Complete three of the following electives:

7 Make a six-board chest. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography.

8 Of the four tools used and cared for in requirement #3, research and describe how these tools looked in the middle ages. Has their appearance changed since then?

9 Make a wooden toy or game. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography.

10 Learn about pyrography (woodburning): a. Participate in a woodburning or pyrography class at an SCA group event or guild meeting. b. Know the safety rules for woodburning. c. Show that you know how to take care of and use a woodburning tool.

11 Make a wooden model. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography.

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Woodworking Achievement Worksheet Division 1 Ages 5 to 8

Complete these requirements: 1. Learn about whittling /woodcarving: a. Participate in a woodcarving or whittling class at an SCA group event or guild meeting. b. Know the safety rules for handling a knife. c. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife. d. Make a soap carving with tools you have made. Work with your parent, guardian or other adult when doing this.

2. Point out and name seven tools. Do this at home, or go to a hardware store with an adult. Tell what each tool does.

3. Show how to use and take care of four of these tools. (Hammer, Hand saw, Hand drill, C-clamp, Wood plane, Pliers, Crescent wrench, Screwdriver, Bench vise, Coping saw, Drill bit).

4. Identify a Philips head and a standard screw. Then use the right tool to drive and then remove a standard screw from a board. Were screws used in the Middle Ages as fasteners? Why or why not? 5. Use at least two tools listed in requirement 3 above to fix something.

6. Make a toolbox, birdhouse, a set of bookends, or something else useful. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography (with help and under close supervision of an adult).

and complete three of the following requirements:

7. Make a six-board chest. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography (with help and under close supervision of an adult). 8. Of the four tools used and cared for in requirement #3, research and describe how these tools looked in the middle ages. Has their appearance changed since then?

9. Make a wooden toy or game. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography(with help and under close supervision of an adult).

10. With help and under close supervision of an adult, learn about pyrography (woodburning): a. Participate in a woodburning or pyrography class at an SCA group event or guild meeting. b. Know the safety rules for woodburning. c. Show that you know how to take care of and use a woodburning tool. 11. Make a wooden model. Be sure to decorate it by painting, whittling, carving or pyrography (with help and under close supervision of an adult).

I certify that the minor whose name appears on page 1 has satisfactorily completed the requirements for the Division 1 Woodworking Achievement.

Signature of Parent, Guardian, Group Officer or Achieve Mentor Date

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Requirement resources can be found here:

“A Carpenter’ s Ches t: Tool s Of The 15th Century ”, http://www.hi s .c om/~tom/TOO LS.PDF, 16 J an 1999. 02 Dec 2012

Bealer, Alex W. Old Ways of Working Wood. Edison, NJ: Castle, 1980. Print.

Ellenwood, Everett. Woodcarving. East Petersburg, PA: Fox Chapel Pub., 2008. Print.

Halstead, Gary R. European Woodworking Tools 600-1600 C.E. Autumn ed. Vol. #121. Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism, 2003. Print. The Compleat Anachronist.

Lubkemann, Chris. The Little Book of Whittling. East Petersburg, PA: Fox Chapel Pub., 2005. Print.

"The Medieval Chest." The Medieval Chest. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.

"Pyrography." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Nov. 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.

Suzuki, Howard K. Soap Carving: For Children of All Ages. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1999. Print.

Trudel, Robin E. Carving for Kids. Fresno CA: Linden Pub., 2006. Print.

"Wood Burning." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2012.

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Important notes of interest:  — No Unauthorized Changes to YAFA Program. No Kingdom, Principality, group, or individual has the authority to subtract from, advancement requirements. Requirements may be added at the Kingdom level, to respect and protect the cultural climate of the individual Kingdoms. A youth may complete alternative achievement requirements because of physical or mental disability if the physical or mental disability is permanent, rather than temporary; OR because of religious, cultural or moral beliefs. The youth member must also complete as many of the regular requirements as his/her ability allows.

— After soliciting parental/guardian input and obtaining parent/guardian approval to submit, the Achievement Mentor shall submit, in appropriate detail, the proposed alternative requirements for the achievement to the Local or Kingdom YAFA administrator for approval. The alternative requirements must be of such a nature that they are as demanding of effort as the regular requirements within the abilities of the youth. Once approval has been given, the specifics of the proposed alternative requirements shall be sent to the Society YAFA administrator for consideration in future revisions of the Achievement worksheets.

• — Who Approves YAFA Division 1 Achievement Tokens? Parents sign for requirements that take place at home or in the family setting. When the requirements are completed, the work booklet is reviewed by the Achievement Mentor, or the local Youth Officer or Seneschal if no Mentor exists. • — “How good is good enough?” One of the SCA’s YAFA Core Values is to “Put into practice the seven noble virtues”. Performance in YAFA is centered on these, especially the importance of upholding one’s convictions at all times, and doing one’s best, especially when no one else is watching. When a young person has done this—their very best—then regardless of the requirements for any Token or award, at this age, it is enough; accomplishment is noted. This is why Achievement Mentors, or the local Youth Officer or Seneschal, and parents or guardians are involved in approvals. Generally they know if effort put forth is really the child’s best. ______

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