1. Moving West What kinds of people made up the last wave of pioneers in the American West? What happened to the Native American tribes of the western frontier? Why? Was life hard for children in the West? Would you like to have lived in the Old West? Why or why not?

2. Question of the Day Day 1 : What two words do cowboys use that come from Spanish? Day 2 : What kind of animal would be the hardest to herd across hundreds of miles? Why?

3. Question of the Day Day 3 : Which line of Woody Guthrie’s song, “This Land is Your Land,” do you like best? What picture do you get in your mind when you read that line? Day 4 : How can you go around the world in a day? Day 5 : Other than moving cattle, what are some ways in which railroads changed life in the Old West?

4. Vocabulary ranchers - people who own a large farm for raising animals tending - taking care of profit - money gained by selling something

5. Vocabulary corral - a fenced in space for farm animals stray - wandering or lost market - a public place where goods are sold