Cant Hook

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Woodworking ➔ Cant Hook

Identifier:
145753
Description:
Although the terms are used interchangeably, the cant hook or cant dog and the peavey hook are actually variations of a logging tool that use similar principals to safely move or roll logs and safely free log jams. Both tools have a long handle and utilize a hook or dog with toe rings that can clamp around the log and provide more stability than a pry bar. A peavey hook, however, also has a spike on the end that can be rammed into the log. Joseph Peavey, a Maine entrepeneur is credited with inventing the peavey in 1857. The Peavey Manufacturing Company still produces them today.
Current Location Status:
Deaccessioned
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Source:
Gift Of Miss Helen Bolt
Exhibit/Program:
Investigate: Historical Grand River Artifacts (September 2018)
During the Investigate program, students will take the role of Museum curators and use close observation and critical thinking to discover the origin, meaning, and importance of real objects from the Museum’s Collection. Students will learn how to handle and study primary sources and will be pushed to consider how singular objects or groups of objects can tell meaningful stories about our place.

Student Objectives:
  • Learners will be able to analyze primary sources (artifacts and photographs) and make inferences about the story or significance of the sources.
  • Learners will be able to describe how the Grand River impacted the lives of people who lived in Grand Rapids between 1850 and 1910.

Curriculum Connections:

  • NGSS Science and Engineering Practices: Constructing Explanations; Engaging in Argument from Evidence
  • ELA Common Core Standards by Domain: Research to Build and Present Knowledge; Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
  • Michigan K-12 Social Studies Standards: H1 The World in Temporal Terms: Historical Habits of Mind, H3 The HIstory of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region, G5 Environment and Society, P1 Reading and Communication, P2 Inquiry Research and Analysis