REVISION SESSION 3
HOMESTEADERS
PROBLEMS AND
SOLUTIONS AND MINING
TOWNS
WHAT DID WE DO LAST
TIME?
WHO WERE
HOMESTEADERS AND
WHAT DID THEY DO?
 2 minutes. Write a definition on a post it. And come and stick it on
the board:
FILL IN THE GAPS
 Homesteaders started to go west in the …… This was because of the
problem of……… in the East. Some of them had been slaves that had
been….. And they were looking for a better…….
 Many of them travelled by …… and had to take everything they
…………. With ……..
 They faced many problems when they arrived such as……..
 One thing that had encouraged them to go had been the………. Act
of …… this gave people ……. Acres of land for …… if they…… it.
W HAT PROB L E MS CAN YOU SE E W IT H
LIVING LIKE THIS?
PROBLEMS FARMING THE
LAND. MATCH THEM UP
problem
solution
The weather was hot in the
summer and really cold in the
winter
The Sod Buster
No rain
Sod Houses
tough ground with hard grass
roots which broke ploughs
Dry farming, new crop Turkey
Red Wheat which could
withstand hard frosts
No trees for building or fuel
No solution
Isolated miles from everyone
else
Timber Culture Act
Natural hazards such as
grasshoppers
Women worked hard to build
communities
Animals trampling crops
The wind pump Daniel Haliday
Barbed wire Joseph Glidden
BINGO
 Buffalo
 Failing crops
 Poor communications
 No neighbours
 Few workers
 Sod houses
 Harsh winters
Fire
Grasshoppers
Lack of water
No wood
Indians
Fleas
Dirt
LETS PLAY A GAME
 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_settlerswest.ht
ml
PROBLEMS AND
SOLUTIONS!
A. Wind pump
1. Lack of water
B. Dry farming
2. Land dried out
C. Trains
3. Lack of supplies
D. Turkey red wheat
4. Some crops would
E. Machinery
not grow
F. Barbed wire fencing
5. Buffalo
6. Lack of workers
Let’s watch a bit of telly! The
observation round…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=tTHBu4fdGTE
Lets do a test bite
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gcsebitesize/history/quiz
engine?quiz=homesteadersproblemstest&templateStyle=history
Why were mining town conditions so bad?
discovered
when
Your ideas
Why?
Who