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

2 Settling the West Miners and Ranchers

3 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

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

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

7 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

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

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

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

11 Turn and Talk: What do you see?

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

13 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

14 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)


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