ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADKeepingHistoryAlivebyRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularyagreeable,appreciate,boomed,descendants,emigration,pioneers,transportation,vehiclesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:1,360**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:978-0-02-119008-9MHID:0-02-119008-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1HomesonthePrairie..................4Chapter2HomesteadChallenges.................8Chapter3DailyLife.............................11Conclusion...........................13RespondtoReading..................15KeepingHistoryAlive........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20EssentialQuestionHowiseacheventinhistoryunique?byRaewynGlynnTheLifeofaHomesteaderIntroductionIn1862,peopleintheeasternUnitedStatesheardsomeexcitingnews.Therewasfreelandoutwest!Thegovernmentwasgivingitaway.ThelandwasfreebecauseoftheHomesteadAct.Theactsaidthatany21-year-oldcitizen,would-becitizen,orfreedslavecouldget160acresoflandintheunsettledterritoriesofthewest.Theyhadtobuildahouse,farmtheland,andlivethereforfiveyears.Iftheydid,thelandwastheirs.Whenpeopleincitiesheardabouttheland,theyimaginedlivinginwide-openspaces.Newemigrantspicturedlargefarms.Therailroadsencouragedhomesteaderstovisitbyofferingspecialtraintickets.2Lib...
