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Revision session 3 Homesteaders Problems and solutions and mining towns. What did we do last time?. Inference skills: What can you learn?. Who were homesteaders and what did they do?. 2 minutes. Write a definition on a post it. And come and stick it on the board:. Fill in the gaps.
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Revision session 3 Homesteaders Problems and solutions and mining towns
What did we do last time? Inference skills: What can you learn?
Who were homesteaders and what did they do? • 2 minutes. Write a definition on a post it. And come and stick it on the board:
Fill in the gaps • Homesteaders started to go west in the …… This was because of the problem of……… in the East. Some of them had been slaves that had been….. And they were looking for a better……. • Many of them travelled by …… and had to take everything they …………. With …….. • They faced many problems when they arrived such as…….. • One thing that had encouraged them to go had been the………. Act of …… this gave people ……. Acres of land for …… if they…… it.
What problems can you see with living like this? Why did they live like this?
bingo • Buffalo • Failing crops • Poor communications • No neighbours • Few workers • Sod houses • Harsh winters Fire Grasshoppers Lack of water No wood Indians Fleas Dirt
Lets play a game • http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_settlerswest.html
Lack of water Land dried out Lack of supplies Some crops would not grow Buffalo Lack of workers Wind pump Dry farming Trains Turkey red wheat Machinery Barbed wire fencing Problems and solutions!
How many homesteader problems Can you spot?
Let’s watch a bit of telly! The observation round……. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTHBu4fdGTE
Lets do a test bitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gcsebitesize/history/quizengine?quiz=homesteadersproblemstest&templateStyle=history
Barbed wire Dry farming Sod buster Timber culture act Transcontinental Railway Wind pump pesticides
Why were mining town conditions so bad? when discovered Who Your ideas Why?