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 Name: Samantha Myers Date: 11/13/2009 Course/Subject: History Term: 2nd Grade Topic: The Midwest - Building Farms School/District: Shippensburg How did farming become apart of the Midwest and what were some of the great qualities that came from farming in the Midwest? ||
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Before the Settlers || **__ Concept: __** Farming in the Midwest || **__ Concept: __** Using Farm Land || What were some factors that led some Native American groups in the Midwest to lose their land? || ** __Essential Questions:__ ** What challenges did Midwestern settlers face and how could they overcome these challenges?
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 || **__ Essential Questions: __**  What did farmers do that contributed to the cause of the Dust Bowl? || Wapello County, Iowa || ** Vocabulary: ** John Deere || ** Vocabulary: ** Drought and Dust Bowl || Graphic Organizer, Map to show Wapello County in Iowa, and biography on John Deere. ||
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**Acquisition Lesson Plan** **Name:** Samantha Myers 2nd Grade Plan for the Concepts, Topic, or Skills-for the Day **Topic:** The Midwest - Building Farms How did farming become apart of the Midwest and what were some of the great qualities that came from farming in the Midwest? || Assessment Prompt 1. Who was apart of farming in the Midwest? Assessment Prompt 2. What are some qualities from farming in the Midwest? || Engaging the students prior knowledge, ask them if they have ever planted or help plant a garden. Inform them that this lesson will explain the process of farming in the Midwest. || **// Vocabulary //** : sod, drought, and Dust Bowl John Deere and Wapello County, Iowa || Graphic Organizer || As a whole class we will read the article out loud. At certain points throughout the reading comprehension questions relating to the text will be asked. **AP#1:** Here the students will be asked, “How did the westward movement of European settlers affect Native Americans in the Midwest? Why would the United States government force Native Americans to move?”**AP#2:** During this session the students will be asked, “Why did the farmers who settled in river valleys have an easier time growing crops? How do farmers protect their farmland and how did the Dust Bowl help their land?” Many Native Americans were forced to sell their land and move to reservations farther West. The government forced the Native Americans to move and make room for settlers from the East. Farmers had an easier time growing crops because the Native Americans had already cleared the land for farm fields. The farmland was plowed and planted in curves, using crop rotation, and allowed prairie grasses to grow back making better land for farming. Has the present day farmers continued the same farmland techniques? Do you believe the food is more nutritious now or from the past? || Complete the graphic organizer questions relating to the article. || 3 interesting facts gathered from the article. 2 qualities from farming in the Midwest. 1 question relating to farming. || Lesson : Building Farms As settlers begun to farm in the Midwest, the land changed. Directions: Use complete sentences to answer the questions that follow. You may use your textbook. 1. What happened to the Native Americans who had once lived in Wapello County?
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2. How did the Americans settlers in the Midwest claim their land?

3. Describe the two types of Midwestern farmhouses in the 1800’s.

4. What ere the advantages and disadvantages of a sod house?

5. Why was John Deere important to Midwestern farmers?