Life for Settlers

Primary Source – A Typical Day’s Work

• Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any information that can help you determine what life was like for settlers on the Great Plains

Primary Source – A Typical Day’s Work

Guiding Question: What was life like for settlers on the Great Plains?

• Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any information that can help you answer the question, and write a short summary of what the source has to say

Primary Source – A Typical Day’s WorkGuiding Question: What was life like for settlers on

the Great Plains?• Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any

information that can help you answer the question, and write a short summary of what the source has to say

• Step 2: Read the primary source and put a star by anything that might indicate the author’s bias– Bias – anything about the author’s beliefs or

background that might affect what he or she is saying

Primary Source – A Typical Day’s WorkGuiding Question: What was life like for settlers on

the Great Plains?• Step 1: Read the primary source, highlighting any

information that can help you answer the question, and write a short summary of what the source has to say

• Step 2: Read the primary source and put a star by anything that might indicate the author’s bias– Bias – anything about the author’s beliefs or

background that might affect what he or she is saying• Step 3: Write a short summary of the author’s bias

Speeches

• You will be writing a speech concerning an issue related to life on the Great Plains

• First, read pages 425-427– Take notes on anything that tells you why life was

difficult for farmers on the Great Plains

Speeches• You will be writing a speech concerning an issue related to life on

the Great Plains• First, read pages 425-427• Next, write a short speech arguing for one of the following four

positions as though you were living at the end of the 19th century:– The federal government has the right and the responsibility to regulate

railroads– The federal government does not have the right and the responsibility

to regulate railroads– The federal government has the right and the responsibility to regulate

banks– The federal government does not have the right and the responsibility

to regulate banks• A few people will be selected to read their speeches to the class