Mr. Mormando
Monday, September 15 - Friday, September 22

Monday

Standards

Students will gain an understanding of how and why the government motivated citizens to take advantage of the opportunities of the Homestead Act of 1862. Students will also investigate the challenges faced by families as they became pioneers of the west.

Objectives

  1. identify the requirements for land ownership according to the Homestead Act of 1862
  2. determine the motivations of the Lincoln administration’s support of the Homestead Act
  3. analyze the characteristics of sod houses and how they demonstrate the environmental challenges of farming on the Great Plains at that time
  4. explain both the positive and negative aspects and effects of homesteading

Opening

  • Open Work Packet using Evernote
  • Student will look at cover page of unit and discuss picture. Also read unit overview to activate prior knowledge. 
    Question #1: List as many reasons as possible why people TODAY move from place to place.
    Question #2: Thinking about the 1860's, list which reasons from Question #1 you think applied to the people moving in the 1860's and which probably did not? 

Work Period

  • Complete page #2 of work packet (Key Terms & People); Answer Question #1 & 2
  • Complete PowerPoint Notes on the Effects of the Homestead Act

Closing


Tuesday

Standards

Students will gain an understanding of how and why the government motivated citizens to take advantage of the opportunities of the Homestead Act of 1862. Students will also investigate the challenges faced by families as they became pioneers of the west.

Objectives

  1. identify the requirements for land ownership according to the Homestead Act of 1862
  2. determine the motivations of the Lincoln administration’s support of the Homestead Act
  3. analyze the characteristics of sod houses and how they demonstrate the environmental challenges of farming on the Great Plains at that time
  4. explain both the positive and negative aspects and effects of homesteading

Opening

  • Open Work Packet using Evernote
  • Disccus page #4 The Soddy House

Work Period

  • Complete page #5 "Free Land" reading and answer questions on the reading

Closing

  •  Discuss requirements and examples of Homestad Act Posters
  • Begin working on Headtead Act Poster Project


Wednesday

Standards

Students will gain an understanding of how and why the government motivated citizens to take advantage of the opportunities of the Homestead Act of 1862. Students will also investigate the challenges faced by families as they became pioneers of the west.

Objectives

  1. identify the requirements for land ownership according to the Homestead Act of 1862
  2. determine the motivations of the Lincoln administration’s support of the Homestead Act
  3. analyze the characteristics of sod houses and how they demonstrate the environmental challenges of farming on the Great Plains at that time
  4. explain both the positive and negative aspects and effects of homesteading

Opening

  •  Discuss creating Homestead Act Poster using Google Docs - Presentation

Work Period

  •  Creating Homestead Act Poster using Google Docs - Presentation

Closing

  • Discuss project as class, answer questions, comments, concersn for project. 


Thursday

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Friday

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