ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADKeepingHistoryAlivebyRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategySuffixesELLVocabularyclaim,prairieVocabularyagreeable,appreciate,boomed,descendants,emigration,pioneers,transportation,vehiclesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:1,008**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:978-0-02-119280-9MHID:0-02-119280-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1HomesonthePrairie..................4Chapter2HomesteadChallenges.................8Chapter3DailyLife.............................11Conclusion...........................13RespondtoReading..................15KeepingHistoryAlive........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20EssentialQuestionHowiseacheventinhistoryunique?byRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderIntroductionFreeland!Thegovernmentwasgivingawaylandoutwest.Whenpeopleincitiesheardtherewasfreeland,theyimaginedwideopenspaces.Newemigrantsimaginedlargefarms.TheHomesteadActwaspassedin1862.TheHomesteadActsaidthatpeoplecouldclaim160acresofland.HomesteaderswerepeoplewhodecidedtoclaimlandundertheHomesteadAct.Togettheland,settlershadtobuildahouse,farmtheland,andlivethereforfiveyears.Therailroadsownedland.Theysoldhomesteadersspecialticketstotheprairielandsoutwest.2LibraryofCongressAmericanMemoryCollection[rbpe.13401300]Pi...
