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Title: Moving West


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 Guthries 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
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