A map, divided into regions, shows Nebraska-grown crops about 1900. Contrasts early settlers's sod and log houses with Arbor Lodge and our governor's mansion. Pictured are stone, brick, frame, and mud houses. A map depicts areas where logs, stone, and sod were available for building. Detailed drawing of sod house interior makes up coloring page.
Word search features materials used in settlers' homes.
Maps are used to compare the territory's size in 1854 and in 1862 with the size of the state today. Other maps show where state line markers are found, where time zone boundary lines are located, and which Nebraska cities border the Missouri. The combined coloring page activity asks students to draw the outline of their own county and to locate their home town on the map they have drawn. Tells about people who settled in Nebraska from prehistoric times to the present. These include nomadic Indian hunters and other Indian immigrants, fur traders, missionaries, pioneers from eastern states, and immigrants from Europe.