1. What problems can you spot in this cartoon?
SJH Wyvern

2. Write a caption for this cartoon

3. Lesson Objectives
To understand the problems faced by homesteaders on the Plains.
To evaluate the solutions to these problems
To investigate the role of women on the Plains

4. In pairs, write down as many problems as you can think of for the homesteaders living on the Plains in the 1850s and 1860s
What solutions can you think of?

5. Sodhouses (dirt, dried grass, infested)
Lack of wood for building
Poor quality land - prairie, dry
Back break-ing farm work
Role for men and women
Bad weather, wind, rain, hot sun
Extended families

7. A quick clue ...

8. The Sod House

9. The solutions!

10. Why was the
role of
women so
important on
the Homestead?