Curriculum Materials

In "Native American Reservations," students will look at Native American Reservations. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into six lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 4 of the unit.

In "Agriculture and Inventions," students research agricultural inventions and describe their impact on agriculture.

In "The Legacy of the Homestead Act," students will identify aspects of text that reveal an author's point of view and produce their own presidential speech about the Homestead Act.

In the "Territorial Ranges" activity, students will look at the first Americans and why they moved.

In "Land Use," students discuss how people live and survive in their environments. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into five lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 3 of the unit.

Learn about the prairie at its best

In "Homesteading by the Numbers," students utilize statistics to discover the impacts of the Homestead Act of 1862. Guiding Question: What impacts did the Homestead Act of 1862 have on westward expansion, the nation, and the world?

In "Homestead Act Paperwork," students analyze primary sources to discover the sequence of forms involved in claiming land under the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act and President Lincoln unit is broken up into five lesson plans, taking 45-50 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 2 of the unit.

Learn about pollinators.

In "Learning about the Homestead Act," students utilize a written document analysis worksheet to practice the skill of analyzing primary sources (The Homestead Act).