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Warm-Up: 1) What do you think the following picture tells us about today’s lesson?

Settling the West Miners and Ranchers

Influences of Mining on Western Settlements Gold and Silver discoveries lead to Boomtowns Some grow others disappear Mining leads to statehood New mining technology (hydraulic) was profitable but hurt environment

Turn and Talk - What do the following pics tell you about Boomtowns?

What about the railroads? Begin to spread across America Allows expansion of cattle business Leads to huge cattle drives north

Ranching and Cattle Drives Great Plains were great for cattle herders ($$) Open Range provided free food for cattle Long Drive saw cattle sent from Texas north to cities with railroads Changed eating habits / herds could be upwards of 5,000

In your groups – what does this picture tell you about cattle ranching?

Big Business Lots of $$ to be made Range Wars Prices will crash because of oversupply

The Hispanic Southwest Spanish Heritage is everywhere Spain and Mexico owned before we did (Mexican Cession)

Turn and Talk: What do you see?

Clashes over land Many English speakers flooded the area Many Hispanics lost land to ranchers

Influence of Vaqueros Vaqueros = Cowboy in Spanish Know how to herd (special tools and techniques) SW Population increases b/c of railroads Barrios helped keep Spanish culture alive

POETRY TIME You are going to construct poems for each of the following groups: Miners Ranchers Lives of the SW You need to include specific information from the text w/the page number (pgs 74-79) After creating your poems you will breakdown the primary source handout using OOPS! (Observations, Outside Info, Perspective/Bias and Significant Statement)