Beginning of the Dream, Homestead Act Made Law Part II
Making Connections
About this Activity
- Created by:Tina Miller, Homestead NM of America, National Park Service
- Historical Era:Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
- Thinking Skill:Chronological Thinking
- Bloom's Taxonomy:Evaluating
Students will examine primary sources to help them understand relationships among events. After each document or set of documents students will be asked to make the connection between the documents.
The documents in this section all relate to the Homestead Act of 1862. This activity may be used at the beginning of a unit on the Homestead Act of 1862. The activity can be completed as a class, in small groups, in pairs or individually. The activity comes in two parts which together require 45-60 minutes. This lesson is most appropriate for grades 9-12.
Beginning of a Dream, Homestead Act Made Law Part I is located at http://docsteach.org/activities/9260.
Additionally, Homestead National Monument of America has produced a video that will help with much of this background information that is available on You Tube at: http://youtu.be/1Ht3b1m2m20
https://docsteach.org/activities/student/beginning-of-the-dream-homestead-act-made-law-part-iiDocuments in this activity
- Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S
- Pacific Railroad Act
- Homestead Act
- Declaration of Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
- Drawing for Improvements in Telegraphy
- Family with Their Covered Wagon During the Great Western Migration
- Poster Advertising 'Indian Territory That Garden of the World, Open for Homestead and Pre-Emption'
To the extent possible under law, Tina Miller, Homestead NM of America, National Park Service has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to "Beginning of the Dream, Homestead Act Made Law Part II".
