Moving West Moving West • What kinds of people made up the last

wave of pioneers in the American West?

• What happened to the Native American tribes of the western frontier? Why?

• Was life hard for children in the West?

• Would you like to have lived in the Old West? Why or why not?

Question of the Question of the DayDayDay 1: What two words do cowboys use

that come from Spanish?

Day 2: What kind of animal would be the hardest to herd across hundreds of miles? Why?

Question of the DayQuestion of the DayDay 3: Which line of Woody Guthrie’s song, “This

Land is Your Land,” do you like best? What picture do you get in your mind when you read that line?

Day 4: How can you go around the world in a day?

Day 5: Other than moving cattle, what are some ways in which railroads changed life in the Old West?

VocabularyVocabularyranchers- people who own a

large farm for raising animals

tending- taking care of

profit-money gained by selling something

VocabularyVocabularycorral- a fenced in space for farm

animals

stray- wandering or lost

market- a public place where goods are sold