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The aim of this lesson is to assess the consequences of overstocking the open range and the subsequent transition towards smaller ranches following the Great Die-Up of 1886–87.

Students tackle GCSE exam-style questions from the outset, exploring the reasons for changes within the cattle industry and their consequences. They investigate the impact of barbed wire, the decline of the cattle drives and the changing nature of ranching in the American West. A model answer is provided to support their exam technique and understanding.

Students also analyse how these developments affected cowboys and ranchers, including the reasons for the declining demand for cowboys.

There is also a challenging chronology activity in which students identify which developments took place before and after 1887, helping them understand the significant changes in direction for the cattle industry.

The plenary is a summarising pyramid, requiring students to demonstrate and consolidate what they have learnt during the lesson.

The resource includes suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format, id there is a wish to edit and change.

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Edexcel GCSE American West 1876-1895 Bundle

**Conflicts and conquest, The American West c.1876-c1895.** This bundle is the third part in a series of lessons I have created for Edexcel GCSE 9-1 The American West, c.1835-c1895 Students will be assessed on their knowledge and understanding of the conflicts and conquest with changes in the farming industry, the cattle industry and settlement. Students will learn about the establishment of law and order across the period. They will recognise the significance of key people such as Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid and Benjamin Singleton. They will study the destruction of the Plain Indians way of life with events such as the Wounded Knee Massacre as well as the Range Wars and extermination of the Buffalo. Lessons also target the cause and consequence of US government policy with the Dawes Act of 1887 and the declaration of the disappearance of an Indian Frontier. I have dispensed with individual learning objectives for each lesson to focus throughout on a specific enquiry based question which addresses the knowledge and skills required for the GCSE questions and shows progression in learning required during this course. The lessons are as follows: L21 Changes to farming on the Plains L22 Changes in the Cattle Industry L23 Exoduster Movement L24 Billy the Kid L25 Wyatt Earp L26 Battle of Little Big Horn L27 Wounded Knee Massacre L28 Range Wars L29 Extermination of the Buffalo L30 Dawes Act of 1887 For assessment purposes each lesson is accompanied by one of the three exam questions with help and exam tips given if needed. These can be completed in the lesson or for homework tasks if required. The lessons are all differentiated and are tailored to enable the students to achieve the highest grades. The lessons come in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change. For the Complete Bundle on Edexcel GCSE American West 1835-95 click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13324624 Any reviews would be gratwfully appeciated.

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