Land GrabPlanning Guide

You need a group.

•You can not work by yourself.

•Partners can be from any 4th grade class.

•Teachers must approve.

You need a costume.

1.A hat to represent the era.2.Borrow a bandana. 3.Girls can wear skirts/jeans.4.Boys can wear long-

sleeved shirts.

HatsPeople traveling on the prairie

needed protection from the sun.

Sun bonnet Hats

Boys in shirts and hats

Clothing ideas for girls

Sometimes coonskin hats were used.

To protect their faces from dust, pioneers used neckerchiefs or bandanas.

Neckerchiefs

Transportation

•You need a wagon (or model).•Livestock will pull the wagon (oxen, horses, or mules).

•You can draw an animal or copy one from the internet.

A wagon to carry your supplies

Another wagon

Some mighty fine livestock!

Crops

•Pioneers raised wheat, oats, or barley to sell.

•They raised corn, potatoes, and beans to eat.

Crops

Crops you can draw Wheat Corn

A Crop of Corn

Your home•Pioneers lived in tents for a

while.•Often they built sod houses.•You can use tents or

cardboard boxes to show that you have a “home.”

•Stakes and rope (string, yarn) to fence in a 10X10 plot.

Tent or Sod House??

What will you do now?

•Form a group.•Get a costume.•Combine supplies with partners.•Let’s have some fun!