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Learning Target: I will be able to evaluate how the economic decisions of Americans who demanded beef influenced the environment and daily lives of the cowboy in the western states.
Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.
SS.H.4.6-8.MdC: Compare the central historical arguments in secondary works across multiple media.
SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.
HumanEnvironment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture
SS.G.2.6-8.LC: Explain how humans and their environment affect one another.
SS.G2.6-8.MdC: Compare and contrast the cultural and environmental characteristics of different places or regions.
SS.G2.6-8.MC: Evaluate how cultural and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
Key Terms
Key Terms
Credibility - the quality of being trusted and believed in.
Homesteaders - an American settlers, typically one associated with traveling west to the Great Plains.
Cowboy - a man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle, especially in the western US.
Vaqueros - original Spanish term for a cowboy; a cattle driver.
Demand - the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time.
Bell Ringer Discussion
Bell Ringer Discussion
What do we know about "The Cowboy," and why is it such an American icon?
Lesson Notes
Lesson Notes
The Cowboy
The Cowboy
made up of nearly every race and ethnic background
an important role in herding and transporting cattle from the ranches and plains.
Sodbusters settled lands needed to raise and herd cattle
Modern image is heavily influenced by Hollywood movies and shows.
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