50 activities help teach about pioneers, the early settlers. Students will compare a pioneer community to our modern community with 20 information and follow-up worksheets on topics including the early pioneers, farming, food, clothing, travel, and village life. Activities and learning centers reinforce skills in reading, word study, writing, phonics, language, and research.
The students will:
develop an appreciation of the past and the resourcefulness of our ancestors.
examine the basic conditions under which a community starts and grows.
understand the relationship between the environment and family life by learning about ways pioneers utilized the environment for food, clothing, housing and equipment.
compare a pioneer community to our modern community by observing and learning about farm buildings, family life, a village, ways of earning a living, communication, transportation, government, recreation.
Information and follow-up worksheets on these topics:
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