Cattle Kingdom and Farming in the Western Frontier

Cattle Kingdom and Farming in the Western Territories

Create in groups, a letter, describing their experience as western a settler, by using the past tense and simple sentences.

Language Objective

Describe the life of a cowhand and the importance of cow towns.

Explain why farmers and settlers moved west.

Explain why the Populist party was formed.

Content Objective

Objectives - SWABT

Match

Match the following terms to the correct definition

• cattle drive

• vaquero

• sod house

• cooperative

• inflation

moving herds of cattle

Spanish cowboy

home made of grass and soil

joint effort of farmers to buy needs

rise in prices & decrease in money value

• moving herds of cattle

• Spanish cowboy

• home made of grass and soil

• joint effort of farmers to buy needs

• rise in prices & decrease in money value

​​The Cattle Boom

Hotspot

Mark the spot where the Great Plains are

Open Ended

Do you think that after the opening of the Missouri Pacific Railroad line, the price of meat went up or down? Why?

The Cattle Boom - Cowhands

Multiple Choice

Why would African American cowhands move out West?

• Because they wanted to

• To just join cattle drives.

• To seek better economic opportunities and escape slavery and racial discrimination.

Multiple Choice

What does the image represent?

• cow towns

• stampede

• cowhands

• vaqueros

The Cattle Kingdom Ends

Open Ended

Based on the visual, explain in your own words what caused the cattle kingdom to end.

Farmers Move West - The Homestead Act

Open Ended

Why do you think many people took the opportunity to move West for the Homestead Act?

Multiple Choice

In what year did the Homestead Act was approved by Congress?

• 1862

• 1863

• 1872

• 1892

Multiple Choice

How many acres was the Homestead Act offering to those who were interested?

• 100

• 20

• 160

• 250

The Life on the Plains

The Climate on the Plains

Match

Climate Challenges in the Great Plains: match the image to the correct term

Drought

snowstorms

Brushfires

Floods

grasshopper

• Drought

• snowstorms

• Brushfires

• Floods

• grasshopper

Granges

The Populist Party

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Text Analysis - The Reality of the Homestead Act

​Your teacher will give you an excerpt of a person's account of the reality of the Homestead Act. Each character will describe their experiences. Analyze each passage, and show your academic work (identify cognates, new words) then try to summarize what's being said in English, by using the T-Chart.