Buatti/Muson/Yulo

US8 NAME:______Buatti/Muson/Yulo

Friday, October 27 th is the Homesteader Hoedown! We’ll compare Homesteader Challenge experiences, and eat homestead cooking and talk about the fine art of DBQ writing.

Your Homesteader Journal must be completed and ready to hand in on Monday, October 30 th .

Journal Entry 1 Homesteader Quiz & Questions Assigned 10/23 Due in class Journal Entry 2 Read excerpt from Little Town on the Prairie and write a Assigned 10/23 1-2 paragraph reaction to these prompts: Due 10/24 1. Does it seem nice to live on a homestead? Give at least one detailed example of whether is seems nice or not so nice. 2. Are Laura and her family good homesteaders, according to our Homesteader Quiz? Pick one fact from the quiz, and give an example of how Laura and her family illustrate that fact.

Journal Entry 3 Frontier House: Introductions Assigned 10/24 1. Which family do you think is most like your own? Why? Due 10/25 2. What would you miss the most if you were to go back to 1883? 3. What do you think would be the hardest adjustment to make?

Journal Entry 4 Frontier House: Survival Assigned 10/25 1. What do you think of the Clunes’ survival plan? Was it the right thing to Due 10/26 do? What would you have done? 2. Why don’t they have a more friendly community? Does it surprise you that they don’t all get along better?

Journal Entry 5 Frontier House: “These shoes s**k!” Assigned 10/26 Is it easier to be a kid in the 21st century or in 1883? Compare and contrast the Due 10/27 two ways of living. What do you gain in each life? What do you lose in each life? Journal Entry 6 Reflection on your Homesteader Challenge: Write as you go At least 2 paragraphs describing EITHER your experience OR on your literary along activity. Due 10/30