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The Homestead Act The growth of the Middle West from 1850 to 1890

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Standards • 5. 3 The student will learn how media messages are constructed and for what purposes. a) Differentiate between auditory, visual, and written media messages. b) Identify the characteristics and effectiveness of a variety of media messages.

Standards • 5. 6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts. a) Use text organizers, such as type, headings, and graphics, to predict and categorize information in both print and digital texts. i) Differentiate between fact and opinion.

Standards • 5. 8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraphing. b) Use adjective and adverb comparisons.

Links • • • Title Page (Homestead Act): http: //www. ourdocuments. gov/document_data/document_images/doc_031_big. jpg Page 1 (Daniel Freeman: 1904): http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/item/91783897/ Page 1 (Freeman Application): http: //www. archives. gov/education/lessons/homesteadact/images/application-01. jpg Page 1 (Freeman Improvements): http: //www. archives. gov/education/lessons/homesteadact/images/homestead-proof. jpg Page 2 (Freeman Certificate): http: //www. archives. gov/education/lessons/homesteadact/images/homestead-certificate. jpg Page 3 (Homestead Act Stamp): http: //memory. loc. gov/cgibin/query/r? ammem/AMALL: @field%28 NUMBER+@band%28 ndfahult+c 240%29%29 Page 4 (Great Northern Railway): http: //library. duke. edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/eaa/broadsides/B 0304/B 0304 -0172 dpi. html Page 5 (Nebraska Land Ad): http: //chnm. gmu. edu/tah-loudoun/wpcontent/lessons/griffin/land-grant. 1. jpeg Page 6 (Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad: http: //www 2. ljworld. com/photos/2007/nov/11/135493/ Census Data: http: //www. census. gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/1890. html