What skills and jobs are essential for human survival? Objective Students will be able to: • Explain a blacksmith and their importance to communities • Describe the types of objects and tools blacksmiths made • Learn about craftspeople and others whose work in the 21st century would be similar to that of the blacksmith • Describe the work cowboys and ranch hands learned after 1900 regarding metal when no blacksmiths were around • Connect students’ personal experiences using, repairing or repurposing objects and tools Background Blacksmiths, people who worked over a forge and crafted tools and Duration: 60 Minutes.