Fortis et fideli nihil difficile To the brave

Fortis et fideli nihil difficile. “To the brave and faithful man nothing is difficult. ”

“Uva Uvam Videndo Varia Fit. ” Motto of Call’s Hat Creek Cattle Company

“A grape other grapes seeing changes. ” Meaning: “A grape is changed by living with other grapes. ”

We are changed by the lives around us.

1. You ride with an outlaw, you die with an outlaw. 2. “It ain’t dyin’ I’m talkin’ about… it’s livin!”

Cattle Drive Project Fiction-Non-Fiction Unit

English 1 In a Plastic Report Cover include the following Products: 1. Trail Drive Map 2. Cowboy Recruit Poster and Newspaper Ad 3. Cattle Company Motto and Brand 4. Trail Drive Short Story 5. Trail “Rules” 6. Cattle Company Brochure

Honors: In a Plastic Report Cover include the following Products: 1. Trail Drive Map 2. Cowboy Recruit Poster and Newspaper Ad 3. Cattle Company Motto and Brand 4. Trail Drive Short Story 5. Cattle Company Brochure 6. Cattle Baron or Cattle Trail Paper 7. Cattle Company Financial Plan 8. Cowboy Songs or Cowboy Cook Book

Trail Drive Map Create a Map of Texas and Contiguous States that your trail drive would travel through. Include supply towns, watering holes, grass land, geological formations, and Native American Tribal areas on your way to either the rail head in Abilene, Kansas or any other railhead on the map.

Cowboy Recruit Poster and Newspaper Ad Create a Recruiting Poster (on letter-sized paper) to attract cowboys to work for your cattle company on an upcoming trail drive. Create a 4”x 5” Newspaper Ad for cowhands to work your upcoming trail drive. Poster: Include a graphic, slogan, pay and benefits, contact information, motto. Ad: Include motto, pay and benefits, risks, contact information, “call to action, ” simple map

Motto and Brand Create a Motto for your Cattle Company as discussed in class. On the same paper, draw a brand for your company you would use on your cattle and horses. Include a paragraph on each that would a description of the symbolism.

Trail Drive Short Story Write a short story of a cow, horse, or dog of a day in the life on a trail drive from their perspective. Follow the plot cycle and use five clear literary devices. This needs to be edited using ratiocination by a peer and the final copy hand written in blue/black ink or typed.

Trail Ride Rules Search on your device for historical trail drive “rules. ” Using those as an example, write a list of your own to fit your Cattle Company.

Cattle Company Brochure Create a trifold, color brochure that explains and/or shows the motto and brand of your Cattle Company, Dangers and Plans Cowboys will face on the Trail Drive, Jobs, Employees and Pay, and a Time Line of the Trail. Adding a copy of your Trail Map would be a plus.

Honors Assignments: Complete the previous assignments, then complete an Historic Cattle Barron or Cattle Trail 1000 word essay after research. Choose one of the two creative assignments to complete with the research paper. 1. Cattle Company Financial Plan 2. 2 Original Cowboy songs 3. Cattle Drive Cookbook (5 recipes)

Historic Cattle Ranchers/Barons: John Chisholm Charles Goodnight Oliver Loving Wagoner Ranch King Ranch XIT Ranch Billy the Kid and Pat Garret Texas Cattle Trails: Goodnight and Loving Chisholm Western Sedalia