The aim of this lesson is to assess the challenges faced by homesteaders as they moved onto the Great Plains and attempted to establish successful farms.
Students begin by considering how different inventions helped to improve farming methods, overcome the difficulties of living on the Plains and increase agricultural production.
They then complete a True or False quiz before tackling a thinking quilt activity, matching key facts and information to the correct questions to develop their knowledge and understanding.
There is also some GCSE exam-style practice focusing on the 8-mark ‘Explain the importance of…’ question. Students are given guidance and prompts where required, alongside a model answer to help develop their exam technique.
The plenary uses an interactive ‘Are You a Robot?’ challenge, based on the increasingly familiar website security checks, to test students’ recall and understanding of the lesson.
Additional retrieval practice is included through a spider diagram to consolidate the key knowledge.
The resource includes suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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