1. Westward Expansion

2. Native Americans Plaines Indians were nomadic Treaty of Fort Laramie
Relied on buffalo
Food, clothing, tools, weapons, shelter
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Whites can pass through and settle the Black Hills
Native Americans will move/life on reservations
Gold Found on land reserved for NAs
NA attack miners
Colonel George Custer/US Military attack NA
Battle of Little Bighorn

3. Dawes Act Attempt to “help,” “Americanize” NA
Dawes Act activity
Attempt to “help,” “Americanize” NA
Broke up Reservations and gave land to individuals
160 acres for head of household
80 acres to individuals
Have own home & land to farm
Sold the rest of the land to settlers
NA received no $ for land sold

4. What, if anything do these 2 people have in common? What is different?

5. Lesson Plans Chester the Comic InspirEd Battle of Little Big Horn
Dawes Act Activity
Real West Video
Wounded Knee Primary Source
Chucka: “I did not want my shirt taken from my back”

6. Miners Move West Gold and/or Silver found around the Great Plains
CO, NV, ID, MO, ND, SD
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Consider what that does to the Native American land
What will the miners need to transport findings???????

7. Railroads
The West Episode 5
PBS Project

8. Ranchers and Cowboys
Take 5 minutes to write a story about a cowboy. Tell me about his:
Looks (race, age, ethnicity, etc)
Clothes -Job
Hobbies -Work Hours
Living Conditions -Salary
Skills -etc

9. Ranchers and Cowboys BUT…WHAT DO COWBOYS DO?????????
Read The American Cowboys During
Who were the Cowboys
Where did they come from
From whom did they learn their skills
Answer the “understanding” questions #1-3
Read “Cowboys: Clothes and Equipment”
Label the diagram
BUT…WHAT DO COWBOYS DO?????????

11. Ranchers and Cowboys BUT…WHAT DO COWBOYS DO?????????
Longhorn roamed the open range
Cowboys roundup cattle to sell
Railroad transports cattle to meatpacking plants in Chicago
Cowboys deliver cattle to railroad-Cattle Drive
Ends when farmers move west and put up fences-no more roaming cattle

13. Ranchers and Cowboys
Read Cattle Drives
Answer questions on a separate piece of paper
NOW…Rewrite your story about the day in the life of a cowboy using “cowboy slang”

14. Farmers Read p. 90 The Homestead Act
What was the migration pattern across the Great Plains during the 1840s and 50s?
What caused a serious and significant change in the pattern by the 1860s?
What did people receive in the Homestead Act?
The land was not free. How much did it cost to take advantage of the Homestead Act?
What were the terms/restrictions of the act?
Where did the people move b/c of the act
Tell me 4 problems that occurred because of the act.
What were their houses made out of?

15. Farmers Homestead Act Demand for Technology increases Gives 160 acres
Must live on land for 5 years
Demand for Technology increases