This lesson explores the various reasons why there was conflict and tension between the homesteaders and the cattle ranchers on the Great Plains of the American West

The lesson resources include:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every American West lesson!
• 1 x Main Power Point Lesson

The 14 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - Which natural resource would be the most important to a settler on the Great Plains in the 1860s? A choice of four.
• Slide 3: Recap - Students given an opportunity to recap their knowledge of homesteaders and cattle ranchers. Includes prompt questions and challenge.
• Slide 4: An outline of the main causes of tension between the cattle ranchers and the homesteaders.
• Slide 5-7: Task 1 - Students sort the arguments of the cattle ranchers and homesteaders. Includes answers and printable resource.
• Slide 8: Task 2 - An opportunity for students to write their own transcript outlining an argument between a cattle rancher and a homesteader.
• Slide 9: Challenge questions
• Slide 10-11: Learning Review - 10 question quiz from the lesson with answers.
• Slide 12: Fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 13: Example assessment/exam questions based on the lesson
• Slide 14: More from RA Resources

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