ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADKeepingHistoryAlivebyRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularyagreeable,appreciate,boomed,descendants,emigration,pioneers,transportation,vehiclesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:1,389**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:978-0-02-118846-8MHID:0-02-118846-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction...............................2Chapter1HomesonthePrairie.......................4Chapter2HomesteadChallenges......................8Chapter3DailyLife.................................11Conclusion................................13RespondtoReading.......................15KeepingHistoryAlive............16Glossary/Index............................19FocusonSocialStudies...................20EssentialQuestionHowiseacheventinhistoryunique?byRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderIntroductionIn1862,peopleintheUnitedStatesheardaboutanexcitingopportunity.Thegovernmentwasgivingawaylandoutwest!Any21-year-oldcitizen,would-becitizen,orfreedslavecouldfileaclaimfor160acresoflandintheunsettledterritoriesofthewest.ThelandwasavailableundertheHomesteadAct,whichpassedin1862.Undertheact,homesteadershadtobuildahomewithinsixmonths,farmtheland,andliveonitforfiveyears.Iftheywereabletomeettheserequirements,thelandwastheirs.PeopleincrowdedcitiesandnewEuropeanemigrantsheardaboutthelandandimagine...
