Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Interactives & MediaDate Posted: 6/10/2008
In this interactive activity, students will attempt to build a sod house by making choices regarding the construction of their house. Too many wrong answers and the house will collapse! This engaging and lighthearted activity will help students understand the challenges settlers faced while trying to survive on the open prairie. OurStory is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the Museum's vast collections, quality children's literature, and engaging hands-on activities. Ideal for afterschool use, OurStory resources will allow students to think critically, to be creative, and to achieve academic standards both in and out of the classroom.
Computer simulations, Museum education, Simulations and games
African American soldiers were allowed to enlist in the regular peacetime army of the United Stat...
literacy, picture book, children’s literature, Homestead Act, Great Plains, family activity, architecture, westward expansion, reading, Sod, OurStory, Our Story, the West, prairie, dugout, family, settler, homesteaders, migration, parent guide
A story of life on the prairie.
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