Life for Settlers

1. Life for Settlers

2. Primary Source – A Typical Day’s Work • Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any information that can help you determine what life was like for settlers on the Great Plains

3. Primary Source – A Typical Day’s Work Guiding Question: What was life like for settlers on the Great Plains? • Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any information that can help you answer the question, and write a short summary of what the source has to say

4. Primary Source – A Typical Day’s Work Guiding Question: What was life like for settlers on the Great Plains? • Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any information that can help you answer the question, and write a short summary of what the source has to say • Step 2: Read the primary source and put a star by anything that might indicate the author’s bias • Bias – anything about the author’s beliefs or background that might affect what he or she is saying

5. Primary Source – A Typical Day’s Work Guiding Question: What was life like for settlers on the Great Plains? • Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any information that can help you answer the question, and write a short summary of what the source has to say • Step 2: Read the primary source and put a star by anything that might indicate the author’s bias • Bias – anything about the author’s beliefs or background that might affect what he or she is saying • Step 3: Write a short summary of the author’s bias

6. Speeches • You will be writing a speech concerning an issue related to life on the Great Plains • First, read pages 425-427 • Take notes on anything that tells you why life was difficult for farmers on the Great Plains

7. Speeches • You will be writing a speech concerning an issue related to life on the Great Plains • First, read pages 425-427 • Next, write a short speech arguing for one of the following four positions as though you were living at the end of the 19th century: • The federal government has the right and the responsibility to regulate railroads • The federal government does not have the right and the responsibility to regulate railroads • The federal government has the right and the responsibility to regulate banks • The federal government does not have the right and the responsibility to regulate banks • A few people will be selected to read their speeches to the class