Westward Ho!! Block Day 1

Homework: Post onto Class Virtual Textbook. Directions to the left.
Chapter 17 GOAL: Describe how the development of the West effected different groups in the late 19th Century.

1.  Miners, Farmers, Railroads, Native Americans, Oh My!!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOTES: CHAPTER 17 -

17.1: Explain how farmland, mining and railroads motivated people to the West.
2. Who wants to be a billionaire?  Would you go? Would this happen?

                       VOCABULARY - Homestead:  free land in the Great Plains that was used for farming

3.  Build a Sod House:  Imagine you’re a settler on the open prairie. Help build a home for yourself and your family. 

   A.  CLICK HERE FOR DESIGN BRIEF

   B.  Research/Brainstorm: Watch Sodhomes from History Channel

Can it stand up to the weather?

Typical Great Plains Tornado, look out for the cow...

4.  Only So Much Free Land! Settlers compete for what is left...
       Far and Away - Oklahoma Land Rushes Close the West