ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADKeepingHistoryAlivebyRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularyagreeable,appreciate,boomed,descendants,emigration,pioneers,transportation,vehiclesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:898**PhotographyCredit:CoverNebraskaStateHistoricalSociety,[DigitalID,nbhips14567].**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118809-3MHID:0-02-118809-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.........................2Chapter1HomesonthePrairie.................4Chapter2HomesteadChallenges................8Chapter3DailyLife...........................11Conclusion..........................13RespondtoReading.................15KeepingHistoryAlive.......16Glossary/Index......................19FocusonSocialStudies.............20TheLifeofaHomesteaderbyRaewynGlynnEssentialQuestionHowiseacheventinhistoryunique?GenreExpositoryTextTherailroadsofferedspecialtripsoutwesttoseethefreeland.IntroductionIn1862,peopleintheUnitedStatesheardsomebignews.Thegovernmentwasgivingawaylandoutwest.ItwaspartofthenewHomesteadAct.Peoplecouldget160acresoflandforfree.Togettheland,peoplehadtobuildahouseontheland.Theyalsohadtofarmtheland.Iftheystayedforfiveyears,theycouldkeeptheyland.2LibraryofCongressAmericanMemoryCollection[rbpe.13401300]StatesandTerritoriesin1870KeyTerritoriesStatesUnorganizedterritoryPioneersmovedwestinthe1860s.Theysettledinterritoriesthatwouldsoonbecamestates.Many...
