STANDARD USII.2a The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables for a) explaining how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward; Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge During the Physical features and climate of the Great Plains nineteenth century, people’s perceptions and use of the Great Plains Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west changed. Land eroded by wind and water Low rainfall Technological advances allowed people Frequent dust storms to live in more challenging environments. Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a but as a vast area to be settled. “treeless wasteland” Inventions Barbed wire Steel plows Windmills Railroads Adaptations Dry farming Sod houses Beef cattle Wheat farming
STANDARD USII.2a The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables for a) explaining how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward; Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge During the nineteenth century, people’s perceptions and use of the Great Plains changed. Technological advances allowed people to live in more challenging environments. Physical features and climate of the Great Plains Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west Land eroded by wind and water Low rainfall Frequent dust storms Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a “treeless wasteland” but as a vast area to be settled. Inventions Barbed wire Steel plows Windmills Railroads Adaptations Dry farming Sod houses Beef cattle Wheat farming
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